Compounds for diagnosis of tuberculosis and methods for their use

ABSTRACT

Compounds and methods for diagnosing tuberculosis are disclosed. The compounds provided include polypeptides that contain at least one antigenic portion of one or more  M. tuberculosis  proteins, and DNA sequences encoding such polypeptides. Diagnostic kits containing such polypeptides or DNA sequences and a suitable detection reagent may be used for the detection of  M. tuberculosis  infection in patients and biological samples. Antibodies directed against such polypeptides are also provided.

CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS

This application is a continuation-in-part of U.S. patent applicationSer. No. 08/858,998, filed May 20, 1997, now abandoned.

TECHNICAL FIELD

The present invention relates generally to the detection ofMycobacterium tuberculosis infection. The invention is more particularlyrelated to polypeptides comprising a Mycobacterium tuberculosis antigen,or a portion or other variant thereof, and the use of such polypeptidesfor the serodiagnosis of Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

Tuberculosis is a chronic, infectious disease, that is generally causedby infection with Mycobacterium tuberculosis. It is a major disease indeveloping countries, as well as an increasing problem in developedareas of the world, with about 8 million new cases and 3 million deathseach year. Although the infection may be asymptomatic for a considerableperiod of time, the disease is most commonly manifested as an acuteinflammation of the lungs, resulting in fever and a nonproductive cough.If left untreated, serious complications and death typically result.

Although tuberculosis can generally be controlled using extendedantibiotic therapy, such treatment is not sufficient to prevent thespread of the disease. Infected individuals may be asymptomatic, butcontagious, for some time. In addition, although compliance with thetreatment regimen is critical, patient behavior is difficult to monitor.Some patients do not complete the course of treatment, which can lead toineffective treatment and the development of drug resistance.

Inhibiting the spread of tuberculosis will require effective vaccinationand accurate, early diagnosis of the disease. Currently, vaccinationwith live bacteria is the most efficient method for inducing protectiveimmunity. The most common Mycobacterium for this purpose is BacillusCalmette-Guerin (BCG), an avirulent strain of Mycobacterium bovis.However, the safety and efficacy of BCG is a source of controversy andsome countries, such as the United States, do not vaccinate the generalpublic. Diagnosis is commonly achieved using a skin test, which involvesintradermal exposure to tuberculin PPD (protein-purified derivative).Antigen-specific T cell responses result in measurable incubation at theinjection site by 48-72 hours after injection, which indicates exposureto Mycobacterial antigens. Sensitivity and specificity have, however,been a problem with this test, and individuals vaccinated with BCGcannot be distinguished from infected individuals.

While macrophages have been shown to act as the principal effectors ofM. tuberculosis immunity, T cells are the predominant inducers of suchimmunity. The essential role of T cells in protection against M.tuberculosis infection is illustrated by the frequent occurrence of M.tuberculosis in AIDS patients, due to the depletion of CD4 T cellsassociated with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection.Mycobacterium-reactive CD4 T cells have been shown to be potentproducers of gamma-interferon (IFN-γ), which, in turn, has been shown totrigger the anti-mycobacterial effects of macrophages in mice. While therole of IFN-γ in humans is less clear, studies have shown that1,25-dihydroxy-vitamin D3, either alone or in combination with IFN-γ ortumor necrosis factor-alpha, activates human macrophages to inhibit M.tuberculosis infection. Furthermore, it is known that IFN-γ stimulateshuman macrophages to make 1,25-dihydroxy-vitamin D3. Similarly, IL-12has been shown to play a role in stimulating resistance to M.tuberculosis infection. For a review of the immunology of M.tuberculosis infection see Chan and Kaufmann, in Tuberculosis:Pathogenesis, Protection and Control, Bloom (ed.), ASM Press,Washington, D.C., 1994.

Accordingly, there is a need in the art for improved diagnostic methodsfor detecting tuberculosis. The present invention fulfills this need andfurther provides other related advantages.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

Briefly stated, the present invention provides compositions and methodsfor diagnosing tuberculosis.

In one embodiment, polypeptides are provided that comprise an antigenicportion of a M. tuberculosis antigen, or a variant of such an antigenthat differs only in conservative substitutions and/or modifications,wherein the antigen comprises an amino acid sequence encoded by a DNAsequence selected from the group consisting of the sequences recited inSEQ ID NO: 1, 11, 12, 83, 103-108, 125, 127, 129-137, 139 and 140, thecomplements of said sequences, and DNA sequences that hybridize to asequence recited in SEQ ID NO: 1, 11, 12, 83, 103-108, 125, 127,129-137, 139 and 140, or a complement thereof, under moderatelystringent conditions. In a second embodiment, the present inventionprovides polypeptides comprising an immunogenic portion of a M.tuberculosis antigen having an amino acid sequence selected from thegroup consisting of sequences provided in SEQ ID NO: 16-33, 109, 126,138, 141, 142 and variants thereof

In related aspects, DNA sequences encoding the above polypeptides,recombinant expression vectors comprising these DNA sequences and hostcells transformed or transfected with such expression vectors are alsoprovided.

In another aspect, the present invention provides fusion proteinscomprising a first and a second inventive polypeptide or, alternatively,an inventive polypeptide and a known M. tuberculosis antigen.

In further aspects of the subject invention, methods and diagnostic kitsare provided for detecting tuberculosis in a patient. The methodscomprise: (a) contacting a biological sample with at least one of theabove polypeptides; and (b) detecting in the sample the presence ofantibodies that bind to the polypeptide or polypeptides, therebydetecting M. tuberculosis infection in the biological sample. Suitablebiological samples include whole blood, sputum, serum, plasma, saliva,cerebrospinal fluid and urine. The diagnostic kits comprise one or moreof the above polypeptides in combination with a detection reagent.

The present invention also provides methods for detecting M.tuberculosis infection comprising: (a) obtaining a biological samplefrom a patient; (b) contacting the sample with at least oneoligonucleotide primer in a polymerase chain reaction, theoligonucleotide primer being specific for a DNA sequence encoding theabove polypeptides; and (c) detecting in the sample a DNA sequence thatamplifies in the presence of the first and second oligonucleotideprimers. In one embodiment, the oligonucleotide primer comprises atleast about 10 contiguous nucleotides of such a DNA sequence.

In a further aspect, the present invention provides a method fordetecting M. tuberculosis infection in a patient comprising: (a)obtaining a biological sample from the patient; (b) contacting thesample with an oligonucleotide probe specific for a DNA sequenceencoding the above polypeptides; and (c) detecting in the sample a DNAsequence that hybridizes to the oligonucleotide probe. In oneembodiment, the oligonucleotide probe comprises at least about 15contiguous nucleotides of such a DNA sequence.

In yet another aspect, methods are provided for detecting tuberculosisin a patient, such methods comprising contacting a biological samplewith one or more polypeptides encoded by a DNA sequence selected fromthe group consisting of SEQ ID NO: 2-10, 102, 128, the complements ofsaid sequences, and DNA sequences that hybridize to a sequence recitedin SEQ ID NO: 2-10, 102, 128; and detecting in the sample the presenceof antibodies that bind to the polypeptide, thereby detecting M.tuberculosis infection in the biological sample. Diagnostic kits for usein such methods are also provided.

In another aspect, the present invention provides antibodies, bothpolyclonal and monoclonal, that bind to the polypeptides describedabove, as well as methods for their use in the detection of M.tuberculosis infection.

These and other aspects of the present invention will become apparentupon reference to the following detailed description and attacheddrawings. All references disclosed herein are hereby incorporated byreference in their entirety as if each was incorporated individually.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

FIGS. 1 and 1B illustrate the stimulation of proliferation andinterferon-γ production, respectively, in T cells derived from a firstPPD-positive donor (referred to as D7) by recombinant ORF-2 andsynthetic peptides to ORF-2.

FIGS. 2A and 2B illustrate the stimulation of proliferation andinterferon-γ production, respectively, in T cells derived from a secondPPD-positive donor (referred to as D160) by recombinant ORF-2 andsynthetic peptides to ORF-2.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

As noted above, the present invention is generally directed tocompositions and methods for preventing, treating and diagnosingtuberculosis. The compositions of the subject invention includepolypeptides that comprise at least one immunogenic portion of a M.tuberculosis antigen, or a variant of such an antigen that differs onlyin conservative substitutions and/or modifications. As used herein, theterm “polypeptide” encompasses amino acid chains of any length,including full length proteins (i.e., antigens), wherein the amino acidresidues are linked by covalent peptide bonds. Thus, a polypeptidecomprising an immunogenic portion of one of the above antigens mayconsist entirely of the immunogenic portion, or may contain additionalsequences. The additional sequences may be derived from the native M.tuberculosis antigen or may be heterologous, and such sequences may (butneed not) be immunogenic.

“Immunogenic,” as used herein, refers to the ability to elicit an immuneresponse (e.g., cellular) in a patient, such as a human, and/or in abiological sample. In particular, antigens that are immunogenic (andimmunogenic portions or other variants of such antigens) are capable ofstimulating cell proliferation, interleukin-12 production and/orinterferon-γ production in biological samples comprising one or morecells selected from the group of T cells, NK cells, B cells andmacrophages, where the cells are derived from an M. tuberculosis-immuneindividual. Polypeptides comprising at least an immunogenic portion ofone or more M. tuberculosis antigens may generally be used to detecttuberculosis or to induce protective immunity against tuberculosis in apatient.

The compositions and methods of this invention also encompass variantsof the above polypeptides. A polypeptide “variant,” as used herein, is apolypeptide that differs from the recited polypeptide only inconservative substitutions and/or modifications, such that thetherapeutic, antigenic and/or immunogenic properties of the polypeptideare retained. Polypeptide variants preferably exhibit at least about70%, more preferably at least about 90% and most preferably at leastabout 95% identity to the identified polypeptides. For polypeptides withimmunoreactive properties, variants may, alternatively, be identified bymodifying the amino acid sequence of one of the above polypeptides, andevaluating the immunoreactivity of the modified polypeptide. Forpolypeptides useful for the generation of diagnostic binding agents, avariant may be identified by evaluating a modified polypeptide for theability to generate antibodies that detect the presence or absence oftuberculosis. Alternatively, variants of the claimed antigens that maybe usefully employed in the inventive diagnostic methods may beidentified by evaluating modified polypeptides for their ability todetect antibodies present in the sera of tuberculosis-infected patients.Such modified sequences may be prepared and tested using, for example,the representative procedures described herein.

A “conservative substitution” is one in which an amino acid issubstituted for another amino acid that has similar properties, suchthat one skilled in the art of peptide chemistry would expect thesecondary structure and hydropathic nature of the polypeptide to besubstantially unchanged. In general, the following groups of amino acidsrepresent conservative changes: (1) ala, pro, gly, glu, asp, gln, asn,ser, thr; (2) cys, ser, tyr, thr; (3) val, ile, leu, met, ala, phe; (4)lys, arg, his; and (5) phe, tyr, trp, his.

Variants may also (or alternatively) be modified by, for example, thedeletion or addition of amino acids that have minimal influence on theimmunogenic properties, secondary structure and hydropathic nature ofthe polypeptide. For example, a polypeptide may be conjugated to asignal (or leader) sequence at the N-terminal end of the protein whichco-translationally or post-translationally directs transfer of theprotein. The polypeptide may also be conjugated to a linker or othersequence for ease of synthesis, purification or identification of thepolypeptide (e.g., poly-His), or to enhance binding of the polypeptideto a solid support. For example, a polypeptide may be conjugated to animmunoglobulin Fc region.

In general, M. tuberculosis antigens, and DNA sequences encoding suchantigens, may be prepared using any of a variety of procedures. Forexample, genomic or cDNA libraries derived from M. tuberculosis may bescreened directly using peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) or Tcell lines or clones derived from one or more M. tuberculosis-immuneindividuals. Direct library screens may generally be performed byassaying pools of expressed recombinant proteins for the ability ofinduce proliferation and/or interferon-γ production in T cells derivedfrom an M. tuberculosis-immune individual. Potential T cell antigens maybe first selected based on antibody reactivity, as described above.

Alternatively, DNA sequences encoding antigens may be identified byscreening an appropriate M. tuberculosis genomic or cDNA expressionlibrary with sera obtained from patients infected with M. tuberculosis.Such screens may generally be performed using techniques well known tothose of ordinary skill in the art, such as those described in Sambrooket al., Molecular Cloning: A Laboratory Manual, Cold Spring HarborLaboratories, Cold Spring Harbor, N.Y., 1989.

Purified antigens are then evaluated for their ability to elicit anappropriate immune response (e.g., cellular) using, for example, therepresentative methods described herein. Immunogenic antigens may thenbe partially sequenced using techniques such as traditional Edmanchemistry. See Edman and Berg, Eur. J. Biochem. 80:116-132, 1967.Immunogenic antigens may also be produced recombinantly using a DNAsequence that encodes the antigen, which has been inserted into anexpression vector and expressed in an appropriate host.

DNA sequences encoding the inventive antigens may also be obtained byscreening an appropriate M. tuberculosis cDNA or genomic DNA library forDNA sequences that hybridize to degenerate oligonucleotides derived frompartial amino acid sequences of isolated antigens. Degenerateoligonucleotide sequences for use in such a screen may be designed andsynthesized, and the screen may be performed, as described (for example)in Sambrook et al., Molecular Cloning: A Laboratory Manual, Cold SpringHarbor Laboratories, Cold Spring Harbor, N.Y., 1989 (and referencescited therein). Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) may also be employed,using the above oligonucleotides in methods well known in the art, toisolate a nucleic acid probe from a cDNA or genomic library. The libraryscreen may then be performed using the isolated probe.

Regardless of the method of preparation, the antigens described hereinare “antigenic.” More specifically, the antigens have the ability toreact with sera obtained from an M. tuberculosis-infected individual.Reactivity may be evaluated using, for example, the representative ELISAassays described herein, where an absorbance reading with sera frominfected individuals that is at least three standard deviations abovethe absorbance obtained with sera from uninfected individuals isconsidered positive.

Antigenic portions of M. tuberculosis antigens may be prepared andidentified using well known techniques, such as those summarized inPaul, Fundamental Immunology, 3d ed., Raven Press, 1993, pp. 243-247 andreferences cited therein. Such techniques include screening polypeptideportions of the native antigen for antigenic properties. Therepresentative ELISAs described herein may generally be employed inthese screens. An antigenic portion of a polypeptide is a portion that,within such representative assays, generates a signal in such assaysthat is substantially similar to that generated by the full lengthantigen. In other words, an antigenic portion of a M. tuberculosisantigen generates at least about 20%, and preferably about 100%, of thesignal induced by the full length antigen in a model ELISA as describedherein.

Portions and other variants of M. tuberculosis antigens may be generatedby synthetic or recombinant means. Synthetic polypeptides having fewerthan about 100 amino acids, and generally fewer than about 50 aminoacids, may be generated using techniques well known in the art. Forexample, such polypeptides may be synthesized using any of thecommercially available solid-phase techniques, such as the Merrifieldsolid-phase synthesis method, where amino acids are sequentially addedto a growing amino acid chain. See Merrifield, J. Am. Chem. Soc.85:2149-2146, 1963. Equipment for automated synthesis of polypeptides iscommercially available from suppliers such as Applied BioSystems, Inc.,Foster City, Calif., and may be operated according to the manufacturer'sinstructions. Variants of a native antigen may generally be preparedusing standard mutagenesis techniques, such as oligonucleotide-directedsite-specific mutagenesis. Sections of the DNA sequence may also beremoved using standard techniques to permit preparation of truncatedpolypeptides.

Recombinant polypeptides containing portions and/or variants of a nativeantigen may be readily prepared from a DNA sequence encoding thepolypeptide using a variety of techniques well known to those ofordinary skill in the art. For example, supernatants from suitablehost/vector systems which secrete recombinant protein into culture mediamay be first concentrated using a commercially available filter.Following concentration, the concentrate may be applied to a suitablepurification matrix such as an affinity matrix or an ion exchange resin.Finally, one or more reverse phase HPLC steps can be employed to furtherpurify a recombinant protein.

Any of a variety of expression vectors known to those of ordinary skillin the art may be employed to express recombinant polypeptides asdescribed herein. Expression may be achieved in any appropriate hostcell that has been transformed or transfected with an expression vectorcontaining a DNA molecule that encodes a recombinant polypeptide.Suitable host cells include prokaryotes, yeast and higher eukaryoticcells. Preferably, the host cells employed are E. coli, yeast or amammalian cell line, such as COS or CHO. The DNA sequences expressed inthis manner may encode naturally occurring antigens, portions ofnaturally occurring antigens, or other variants thereof.

In general, regardless of the method of preparation, the polypeptidesdisclosed herein are prepared in substantially pure form. Preferably,the polypeptides are at least about 80% pure, more preferably at leastabout 90% pure and most preferably at least about 99% pure. For use inthe methods described herein, however, such substantially purepolypeptides may be combined.

In one embodiment, the subject invention discloses polypeptidescomprising at least an antigenic portion of a M. tuberculosis antigen(or a variant of such an antigen) that comprises one or more of theamino acid sequences encoded by (a) the DNA sequences of SEQ ID NO:1-12, 83, 102-108, 125, 127-137, 139 and 140, (b) the complements ofsuch DNA sequences or (c) DNA sequences substantially homologous to asequence in (a) or (b). In a related embodiment, the present inventionprovides polypeptides comprising at least an immunogenic portion of anM. tuberculosis antigen having an amino acid sequence selected from thegroup consisting of sequences provided in SEQ ID NO: 16-33, 109, 126,138, 141, 142 and variants thereof.

The M. tuberculosis antigens provided herein include variants that areencoded by DNA sequences which are substantially homologous to one ormore of DNA sequences specifically recited herein. “Substantialhomology,” as used herein, refers to DNA sequences that are capable ofhybridizing under moderately stringent conditions. Suitable moderatelystringent conditions include prewashing in a solution of 5×SSC, 0.5%SDS, 1.0 mM EDTA (pH 8.0); hybridizing at 50° C.-65° C., 5×SSC,overnight or, in the event of cross-species homology, at 45° C. with0.5×SSC; followed by washing twice at 65° C. for 20 minutes with each of2×, 0.5× and 0.2×SSC containing 0.1% SDS). Such hybridizing DNAsequences are also within the scope of this invention, as are nucleotidesequences that, due to code degeneracy, encode an immunogenicpolypeptide that is encoded by a hybridizing DNA sequence.

In a related aspect, the present invention provides fusion proteinscomprising a first and a second inventive polypeptide or, alternatively,a polypeptide of the present invention and a known M. tuberculosisantigen, such as the 38 kD antigen described in Andersen and Hansen,Infect. Immun. 57:2481-2488, 1989, (Genbank Accession No. M30046), orESAT-6 previously identified in M. bovis (Accession No. U34848) and inM. tuberculosis (Sorensen et al., Infec. Immun. 63:1710-1717, 1995).Variants of such fusion proteins are also provided. The fusion proteinsof the present invention may include a linker peptide between the firstand second polypeptides.

A DNA sequence encoding a fusion protein of the present invention isconstructed using known recombinant DNA techniques to assemble separateDNA sequences encoding the first and second polypeptides into anappropriate expression vector. The 3′ end of a DNA sequence encoding thefirst polypeptide is ligated, with or without a peptide linker, to the5′ end of a DNA sequence encoding the second polypeptide so that thereading frames of the sequences are in phase to permit mRNA translationof the two DNA sequences into a single fusion protein that retains thebiological activity of both the first and the second polypeptides.

A peptide linker sequence may be employed to separate the first and thesecond polypeptides by a distance sufficient to ensure that eachpolypeptide folds into its secondary and tertiary structures. Such apeptide linker sequence is incorporated into the fusion protein usingstandard techniques well known in the art. Suitable peptide linkersequences may be chosen based on the following factors: (1) theirability to adopt a flexible extended conformation; (2) their inabilityto adopt a secondary structure that could interact with functionalepitopes on the first and second polypeptides; and (3) the lack ofhydrophobic or charged residues that might react with the polypeptidefunctional epitopes. Preferred peptide linker sequences contain Gly, Asnand Ser residues. Other near neutral amino acids, such as Thr and Alamay also be used in the linker sequence. Amino acid sequences which maybe usefully employed as linkers include those disclosed in Maratea etal., Gene 40:39-46, 1985; Murphy et al., Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA83:8258-8562, 1986; U.S. Pat. No. 4,935,233 and U.S. Pat. No. 4,751,180.The linker sequence may be from 1 to about 50 amino acids in length.Peptide linker sequences are not required when the first and secondpolypeptides have non-essential N-terminal amino acid regions that canbe used to separate the functional domains and prevent steric hindrance.

In another aspect, the present invention provides methods for using thepolypeptides described above to diagnose tuberculosis. In this aspect,methods are provided for detecting M. tuberculosis infection in abiological sample, using one or more of the above polypeptides, alone orin combination. In embodiments in which multiple polypeptides areemployed, polypeptides other than those specifically described herein,such as the 38 kD antigen described above, may be included. As usedherein, a “biological sample” is any antibody-containing sample obtainedfrom a patient. Preferably, the sample is whole blood, sputum, serum,plasma, saliva, cerebrospinal fluid or urine. More preferably, thesample is a blood, serum or plasma sample obtained from a patient or ablood supply. The polypeptide(s) are used in an assay, as describedbelow, to determine the presence or absence of antibodies to thepolypeptide(s) in the sample, relative to a predetermined cut-off value.The presence of such antibodies indicates previous sensitization tomycobacterial antigens which may be indicative of tuberculosis.

In embodiments in which more than one polypeptide is employed, thepolypeptides used are preferably complementary (i.e., one componentpolypeptide will tend to detect infection in samples where the infectionwould not be detected by another component polypeptide). Complementarypolypeptides may generally be identified by using each polypeptideindividually to evaluate serum samples obtained from a series ofpatients known to be infected with M. tuberculosis. After determiningwhich samples test positive (as described below) with each polypeptide,combinations of two or more polypeptides may be formulated that arecapable of detecting infection in most, or all, of the samples tested.Such polypeptides are complementary. For example, approximately 25-30%of sera from tuberculosis-infected individuals are negative forantibodies to any single protein, such as the 38 kD antigen mentionedabove. Complementary polypeptides may, therefore, be used in combinationwith the 38 kD antigen to improve sensitivity of a diagnostic test.

There are a variety of assay formats known to those of ordinary skill inthe art for using one or more polypeptides to detect antibodies in asample. See, e.g., Harlow and Lane, Antibodies: A Laboratory Manual,Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, 1988, which is incorporated herein byreference. In a preferred embodiment, the assay involves the use ofpolypeptide immobilized on a solid support to bind to and remove theantibody from the sample. The bound antibody may then be detected usinga detection reagent that contains a reporter group. Suitable detectionreagents include antibodies that bind to the antibody/polypeptidecomplex and free polypeptide labeled with a reporter group (e.g., in asemi-competitive assay). Alternatively, a competitive assay may beutilized, in which an antibody that binds to the polypeptide is labeledwith a reporter group and allowed to bind to the immobilized antigenafter incubation of the antigen with the sample. The extent to whichcomponents of the sample inhibit the binding of the labeled antibody tothe polypeptide is indicative of the reactivity of the sample with theimmobilized polypeptide.

The solid support may be any solid material known to those of ordinaryskill in the art to which the antigen may be attached. For example, thesolid support may be a test well in a microtiter plate or anitrocellulose or other suitable membrane. Alternatively, the supportmay be a bead or disc, such as glass, fiberglass, latex or a plasticmaterial such as polystyrene or polyvinylchloride. The support may alsobe a magnetic particle or a fiber optic sensor, such as those disclosed,for example, in U.S. Pat. No. 5,359,681.

The polypeptides may be bound to the solid support using a variety oftechniques known to those of ordinary skill in the art, which are amplydescribed in the patent and scientific literature. In the context of thepresent invention, the term “bound” refers to both noncovalentassociation, such as adsorption, and covalent attachment (which may be adirect linkage between the antigen and functional groups on the supportor may be a linkage by way of a cross-linking agent). Binding byadsorption to a well in a microtiter plate or to a membrane ispreferred. In such cases, adsorption may be achieved by contacting thepolypeptide, in a suitable buffer, with the solid support for a suitableamount of time. The contact time varies with temperature, but istypically between about 1 hour and 1 day. In general, contacting a wellof a plastic microtiter plate (such as polystyrene or polyvinylchloride)with an amount of polypeptide ranging from about 10 ng to about 1 μg,and preferably about 100 ng, is sufficient to bind an adequate amount ofantigen.

Covalent attachment of polypeptide to a solid support may generally beachieved by first reacting the support with a bifunctional reagent thatwill react with both the support and a functional group, such as ahydroxyl or amino group, on the polypeptide. For example, thepolypeptide may be bound to supports having an appropriate polymercoating using benzoquinone or by condensation of an aldehyde group onthe support with an amine and an active hydrogen on the polypeptide(see, e.g., Pierce Immunotechnology Catalog and Handbook, 1991, atA12-A13).

In certain embodiments, the assay is an enzyme linked immunosorbentassay (ELISA). This assay may be performed by first contacting apolypeptide antigen that has been immobilized on a solid support,commonly the well of a microtiter plate, with the sample, such thatantibodies to the polypeptide within the sample are allowed to bind tothe immobilized polypeptide. Unbound sample is then removed from theimmobilized polypeptide and a detection reagent capable of binding tothe immobilized antibody-polypeptide complex is added. The amount ofdetection reagent that remains bound to the solid support is thendetermined using a method appropriate for the specific detectionreagent.

More specifically, once the polypeptide is immobilized on the support asdescribed above, the remaining protein binding sites on the support aretypically blocked. Any suitable blocking agent known to those ofordinary skill in the art, such as bovine serum albumin or Tween 20™(Sigma Chemical Co., St. Louis, Mo.) may be employed. The immobilizedpolypeptide is then incubated with the sample, and antibody is allowedto bind to the antigen. The sample may be diluted with a suitablediluent, such as phosphate-buffered saline (PBS) prior to incubation. Ingeneral, an appropriate contact time (i.e., incubation time) is thatperiod of time that is sufficient to detect the presence of antibodywithin a M. tuberculosis-infected sample. Preferably, the contact timeis sufficient to achieve a level of binding that is at least 95% of thatachieved at equilibrium between bound and unbound antibody. Those ofordinary skill in the art will recognize that the time necessary toachieve equilibrium may be readily determined by assaying the level ofbinding that occurs over a period of time. At room temperature, anincubation time of about 30 minutes is generally sufficient.

Unbound sample may then be removed by washing the solid support with anappropriate buffer, such as PBS containing 0.1% Tween 20™. Detectionreagent may then be added to the solid support. An appropriate detectionreagent is any compound that binds to the immobilizedantibody-polypeptide complex and that can be detected by any of avariety of means known to those in the art. Preferably, the detectionreagent contains a binding agent (such as, for example, Protein A,Protein G, immunoglobulin, lectin or free antigen) conjugated to areporter group. Preferred reporter groups include enzymes (such ashorseradish peroxidase), substrates, cofactors, inhibitors, dyes,radionuclides, luminescent groups, fluorescent groups and biotin. Theconjugation of binding agent to reporter group may be achieved usingstandard methods known to those of ordinary skill in the art. Commonbinding agents may also be purchased conjugated to a variety of reportergroups from many commercial sources (e.g., Zymed Laboratories, SanFrancisco, Calif., and Pierce, Rockford, Ill.).

The detection reagent is then incubated with the immobilizedantibody-polypeptide complex for an amount of time sufficient to detectthe bound antibody. An appropriate amount of time may generally bedetermined from the manufacturer's instructions or by assaying the levelof binding that occurs over a period of time. Unbound detection reagentis then removed and bound detection reagent is detected using thereporter group. The method employed for detecting the reporter groupdepends upon the nature of the reporter group. For radioactive groups,scintillation counting or autoradiographic methods are generallyappropriate. Spectroscopic methods may be used to detect dyes,luminescent groups and fluorescent groups. Biotin may be detected usingavidin, coupled to a different reporter group (commonly a radioactive orfluorescent group or an enzyme). Enzyme reporter groups may generally bedetected by the addition of substrate (generally for a specific periodof time), followed by spectroscopic or other analysis of the reactionproducts.

To determine the presence or absence of anti-M. tuberculosis antibodiesin the sample, the signal detected from the reporter group that remainsbound to the solid support is generally compared to a signal thatcorresponds to a predetermined cut-off value. In one preferredembodiment, the cut-off value is the average mean signal obtained whenthe immobilized antigen is incubated with samples from an uninfectedpatient. In general, a sample generating a signal that is three standarddeviations above the predetermined cut-off value is considered positivefor tuberculosis. In an alternate preferred embodiment, the cut-offvalue is determined using a Receiver Operator Curve, according to themethod of Sackett et al., Clinical Epidemiology: A Basic Science forClinical Medicine, Little Brown and Co., 1985, pp. 106-107. Briefly, inthis embodiment, the cut-off value may be determined from a plot ofpairs of true positive rates (i.e., sensitivity) and false positiverates (100%-specificity) that correspond to each possible cut-off valuefor the diagnostic test result. The cut-off value on the plot that isthe closest to the upper left-hand corner (i.e., the value that enclosesthe largest area) is the most accurate cut-off value, and a samplegenerating a signal that is higher than the cut-off value determined bythis method may be considered positive. Alternatively, the cut-off valuemay be shifted to the left along the plot, to minimize the falsepositive rate, or to the right, to minimize the false negative rate. Ingeneral, a sample generating a signal that is higher than the cut-offvalue determined by this method is considered positive for tuberculosis.

In a related embodiment, the assay is performed in a rapid flow-throughor strip test format, wherein the antigen is immobilized on a membrane,such as nitrocellulose. In the flow-through test, antibodies within thesample bind to the immobilized polypeptide as the sample passes throughthe membrane. A detection reagent (e.g., protein A-colloidal gold) thenbinds to the antibody-polypeptide complex as the solution containing thedetection reagent flows through the membrane. The detection of bounddetection reagent may then be performed as described above. In the striptest format, one end of the membrane to which polypeptide is bound isimmersed in a solution containing the sample. The sample migrates alongthe membrane through a region containing detection reagent and to thearea of immobilized polypeptide. Concentration of detection reagent atthe polypeptide indicates the presence of anti-M. tuberculosisantibodies in the sample. Typically, the concentration of detectionreagent at that site generates a pattern, such as a line, that can beread visually. The absence of such a pattern indicates a negativeresult. In general, the amount of polypeptide immobilized on themembrane is selected to generate a visually discernible pattern when thebiological sample contains a level of antibodies that would besufficient to generate a positive signal in an ELISA, as discussedabove. Preferably, the amount of polypeptide immobilized on the membraneranges from about 25 ng to about 1 μg, and more preferably from about 50ng to about 500 ng. Such tests can typically be performed with a verysmall amount (e.g., one drop) of patient serum or blood.

Of course, numerous other assay protocols exist that are suitable foruse with the polypeptides of the present invention. The abovedescriptions are intended to be exemplary only.

In yet another aspect, the present invention provides antibodies to theinventive polypeptides. Antibodies may be prepared by any of a varietyof techniques known to those of ordinary skill in the art. See, e.g.,Harlow and Lane, Antibodies: A Laboratory Manual, Cold Spring HarborLaboratory, 1988. In one such technique, an immunogen comprising theantigenic polypeptide is initially injected into any of a wide varietyof mammals (e.g., mice, rats, rabbits, sheep and goats). In this step,the polypeptides of this invention may serve as the immunogen withoutmodification. Alternatively, particularly for relatively shortpolypeptides, a superior immune response may be elicited if thepolypeptide is joined to a carrier protein, such as bovine serum albuminor keyhole limpet hemocyanin. The immunogen is injected into the animalhost, preferably according to a predetermined schedule incorporating oneor more booster immunizations, and the animals are bled periodically.Polyclonal antibodies specific for the polypeptide may then be purifiedfrom such antisera by, for example, affinity chromatography using thepolypeptide coupled to a suitable solid support.

Monoclonal antibodies specific for the antigenic polypeptide of interestmay be prepared, for example, using the technique of Kohler andMilstein, Eur. J Immunol. 6:511-519, 1976, and improvements thereto.Briefly, these methods involve the preparation of immortal cell linescapable of producing antibodies having the desired specificity (i.e.,reactivity with the polypeptide of interest). Such cell lines may beproduced, for example, from spleen cells obtained from an animalimmunized as described above. The spleen cells are then immortalized by,for example, fusion with a myeloma cell fusion partner, preferably onethat is syngeneic with the immunized animal. A variety of fusiontechniques may be employed. For example, the spleen cells and myelomacells may be combined with a nonionic detergent for a few minutes andthen plated at low density on a selective medium that supports thegrowth of hybrid cells, but not myeloma cells. A preferred selectiontechnique uses HAT (hypoxanthine, aminopterin, thymidine) selection.After a sufficient time, usually about 1 to 2 weeks, colonies of hybridsare observed. Single colonies are selected and tested for bindingactivity against the polypeptide. Hybridomas having high reactivity andspecificity are preferred.

Monoclonal antibodies may be isolated from the supernatants of growinghybridoma colonies. In addition, various techniques may be employed toenhance the yield, such as injection of the hybridoma cell line into theperitoneal cavity of a suitable vertebrate host, such as a mouse.Monoclonal antibodies may then be harvested from the ascites fluid orthe blood. Contaminants may be removed from the antibodies byconventional techniques, such as chromatography, gel filtration,precipitation, and extraction. The polypeptides of this invention may beused in the purification process in, for example, an affinitychromatography step.

Antibodies may be used in diagnostic tests to detect the presence of M.tuberculosis antigens using assays similar to those detailed above andother techniques well known to those of skill in the art, therebyproviding a method for detecting M. tuberculosis infection in a patient.

Diagnostic reagents of the present invention may also comprise DNAsequences encoding one or more of the above polypeptides, or one or moreportions thereof. For example, at least two oligonucleotide primers maybe employed in a polymerase chain reaction (PCR) based assay to amplifyM. tuberculosis-specific cDNA derived from a biological sample, whereinat least one of the oligonucleotide primers is specific for a DNAmolecule encoding a polypeptide of the present invention. The presenceof the amplified cDNA is then detected using techniques well known inthe art, such as gel electrophoresis. Similarly, oligonucleotide probesspecific for a DNA molecule encoding a polypeptide of the presentinvention may be used in a hybridization assay to detect the presence ofan inventive polypeptide in a biological sample.

As used herein, the term “oligonucleotide primer/probe specific for aDNA molecule” means an oligonucleotide sequence that has at least about80%, preferably at least about 90% and more preferably at least about95%, identity to the DNA molecule in question. Oligonucleotide primersand/or probes which may be usefully employed in the inventive diagnosticmethods preferably have at least about 10-40 nucleotides. In a preferredembodiment, the oligonucleotide primers comprise at least about 10contiguous nucleotides of a DNA molecule encoding one of thepolypeptides disclosed herein. Preferably, oligonucleotide probes foruse in the inventive diagnostic methods comprise at least about 15contiguous oligonucleotides of a DNA molecule encoding one of thepolypeptides disclosed herein. Techniques for both PCR based assays andhybridization assays are well known in the art (see, for example, Mulliset al. Ibid; Ehrlich, Ibid). Primers or probes may thus be used todetect M. tuberculosis-specific sequences in biological samples. DNAprobes or primers comprising oligonucleotide sequences described abovemay be used alone, in combination with each other, or with previouslyidentified sequences, such as the 38 kD antigen discussed above.

The following Examples are offered by way of illustration and not by wayof limitation.

EXAMPLES Example 1 Purification and Characterization of M. tuberculosisPolypeptides Using CD4+ T Cell Lines Generated from Human PBMC

M. tuberculosis antigens of the present invention were isolated byexpression cloning of cDNA libraries of M. tuberculosis strains H37Rvand Erdman essentially as described by Sanderson et al. (J. Exp. Med.,1995, 182:1751-1757) and were shown to induce PBMC proliferation andIFN-γ in an immunoreactive T cell line.

Two CD4+ T cell lines, referred to as DC-4 and DC-5, were generatedagainst dendritic cells infected with M. tuberculosis. Specifically,dendritic cells were prepared from adherent PBMC from a single donor andsubsequently infected with tuberculosis. Lymphocytes from the same donorwere cultured under limiting dilution conditions with the infecteddendritic cells to generate the CD4+ T cell lines DC-4 and DC-5. Thesecell lines were shown to react with crude soluble proteins from M.tuberculosis but not with Tb38-1. Limiting dilution conditions wereemployed to obtain a third CD4+ T cell line, referred to as DC-6, whichwas shown to react with both crude soluble proteins and Tb38-1.

Genomic DNA was isolated from the M. tuberculosis strains H37Rv andErdman and used to construct expression libraries in the vector pBSK(−)using the Lambda ZAP expression system (Stratagene, La Jolla, Calif.).These libraries were transformed into E. coli, pools of induced E. colicultures were incubated with dendritic cells, and the ability of theresulting incubated dendritic cells to stimulate cell proliferation andIFN-γ production in the CD4+ T cell line DC-6 was examined as describedbelow in Example 2. Positive pools were fractionated and re-tested untilpure M. tuberculosis clones were obtained.

Nineteen clones were isolated, of which nine were found to contain thepreviously identified M. tuberculosis antigens TbH-9 and Tb38-1,disclosed in U.S. patent application Ser. No. 08/533,634. The determinedcDNA sequences for the remaining ten clones (hereinafter referred to asTb224, Tb636, Tb424, Tb436, Tb398, Tb508, Tb441, Tb475, Tb488 and Tb465)are provided in SEQ ID No: 1-10, respectively. The correspondingpredicted amino acid sequences for Tb224 and Tb636 are provided in SEQID NO: 13 and 14, respectively. The open reading frames for these twoantigens were found to show some homology to TbH-9. Tb224 and Tb636 werealso found to be overlapping clones.

Tb424, Tb436, Tb398, Tb508, Tb441, Tb475, Tb488 and Tb465 were eachfound to contain two small open reading frames (referred to as ORF-1 andORF-2) or truncated forms thereof, with minor variations in ORF-1 andORF-2 being found for each clone. The predicted amino acid sequences ofORF-1 and ORF-2 for Tb424, Tb436, Tb398, Tb508, Tb441, Tb475, Tb488 andTb465 are provided in SEQ ID NO: 16 and 17, 18 and 19, 20 and 21, 22 and23, 24 and 25, 26 and 27, 28 and 29, and 30 and 31, respectively. Inaddition, clones Tb424 and Tb436 were found to contain a third apparentopen reading frame, referred to as ORF-U. The predicted amino acidsequences of ORF-U for Tb424 and Tb436 are provided in SEQ ID NO: 32 and33, respectively. Tb424 and Tb436 were found to be either overlappingclones or recently duplicated/transposed copies. Similarly Tb398, Tb508and Tb465 were found to be either overlapping clones or recentlyduplicated/transposed copies, as were Tb475 and Tb488.

These sequences were compared with known sequences in the gene bankusing the BLASTN system. No homologies to the antigens Tb224 and Tb431were found. Tb636 was found to be 100% identical to a cosmid previouslyidentified in M. tuberculosis. Similarly, Tb508, Tb488, Tb398, Tb424,Tb436, Tb441, Tb465 and Tb475 were found to show homology to known M.tuberculosis cosmids. In addition, Tb488 was found to have 100% homologyto M. tuberculosis topoisomerase I.

Seventeen overlapping peptides to the open reading frames ORF-1(referred to as 1-1-1-17; SEQ ID NO: 34-50, respectively) and thirtyoverlapping peptides to the open reading frame ORF-2 (referred to as2-1-2-30, SEQ ID NO: 51-80) were synthesized using the proceduredescribed below in Example 3.

The ability of the synthetic peptides, and of recombinant ORF-1 andORF-2, to induce T cell proliferation and IFN-γ production in PBMC fromPPD-positive donors was assayed as described below in Example 2. FIGS.1A-B and 2A-B illustrate stimulation of T cell proliferation and IFN-γby recombinant ORF-2 and the synthetic peptides 2-1-2-16 for two donors,referred to as D7 and D160, respectively. Recombinant ORF-2 (referred toas MTI) stimulated T cell proliferation and IFN-γ production in PBMCfrom both donors. The amount of PBMC stimulation seen with theindividual synthetic peptides varied with each donor, indicating thateach donor recognizes different epitopes on ORF2. The proteins encodedby ORF-1, ORF-2 and ORF-U were subsequently named MTS, MTI and MSF,respectively.

Eighteen overlapping peptides to the sequence of MSF (referred to asMSF-1-MSF-18; SEQ ID NO: 84-101, respectively) were synthesized andtheir ability to stimulate T cell proliferation and IFN-γ production ina CD4+ T cell line generated against M. tuberculosis culture filtratewas examined as described below. The peptides referred to as MSF-12 andMSF-13 (SEQ ID NO: 95 and 96, respectively) were found to show thehighest levels of reactivity.

Two overlapping peptides (SEQ ID NO:81 and 82) to the open reading frameof Tb224 were synthesized and shown to induce T cell proliferation andIFN-γ production in PBMC from PPD-positive donors.

Two CD4+ T cell lines from different donors were generated against M.tuberculosis infected dendritic cells using the above methodology.Screening of the M. tuberculosis cDNA expression library described aboveusing this cell line, resulted in the isolation of two clones referredto as Tb867 and Tb391. The determined cDNA sequence for Tb867 (SEQ IDNO: 102) was found to be identical to the previously isolated M.tuberculosis cosmid SCY22G10, with the candidate reactive open readingframe encoding a 750 amino acid M. tuberculosis protein kinase.Comparison of the determined cDNA sequence for Tb391 (SEQ ID NO: 103)with those in the gene bank revealed no significant homologies to knownsequences.

In further studies, CD4+ T cell lines were generated against M.tuberculosis culture filtrate, essentially as outlined above, and usedto screen the M. tuberculosis Erdman cDNA expression library describedabove. Five reactive clones, referred to as Tb431, Tb472, Tb470, Tb838and Tb962 were isolated. The determined cDNA sequences for Tb431, Tb472,Tb470, and Tb838 are provided in SEQ ID NO: 11, 12, 104 and 105,respectively, with the determined cDNA sequences for Tb962 beingprovided in SEQ ID NO: 106 and 107. The corresponding predicted aminoacid sequence for Tb431 is provided in SEQ ID NO: 15.

Subsequent studies led to the isolation of a full-length cDNA sequencefor Tb472 (SEQ ID NO: 108). Overlapping peptides were synthesized andused to identify the reactive open reading frame. The predicted aminoacid sequence for the protein encoded by Tb472 (referred to as MSL) isprovided in SEQ ID NO: 109. Comparison of the sequences for Tb472 andMSL with those in the gene bank, as described above, revealed nohomologies to known sequences. Fifteen overlapping peptides to thesequence of MSL (referred to as MSL-1-MSL-15; SEQ ID NO: 110-124,respectively) were synthesized and their ability to stimulate T cellproliferation and IFN-γ production in a CD4+ T cell line generatedagainst M. tuberculosis culture filtrate was examined as describedbelow. The peptides referred to as MSL-10 (SEQ ID NO: 119) and MSL-11(SEQ ID NO: 120) were found to show the highest level of reactivity.

Comparison of the determined cDNA sequence for Tb838 with those in thegene bank revealed identity to the previously isolated M. tuberculosiscosmid SCY07H7. Comparison of the determined cDNA sequences for theclone Tb962 with those in the gene bank revealed some homology to twopreviously identified M. tuberculosis cosmids, one encoding a portion ofbactoferritin. However, recombinant bactoferritin was not found to bereactive with the T cell line used to isolate Tb962.

The clone Tb470, described above, was used to recover a full-length openreading (SEQ ID NO: 125) that showed homology with TbH9 and was found toencode a 40 kDa antigen, referred to as Mtb40. The determined amino acidsequence for Mtb40 is provided in SEQ ID NO: 126. Similarly, subsequentstudies led to the isolation of the full-length cDNA sequence for Tb431,provided in SEQ ID NO: 83, which was also determined to contain an openreading frame encoding Mtb40. Tb470 and Tb431 were also found to containa potential open reading frame encoding a U-ORF-like antigen.

Screening of an M. tuberculosis Erdman cDNA expression library withmultiple CD4+ T cell lines generated against M. tuberculosis culturefiltrate, resulted in the isolation of three clones, referred to asTb366, Tb433 and Tb439. The determined cDNA sequences for Tb366, Tb433and Tb439 are provided in SEQ ID NO: 127, 128 and 129, respectively.Comparison of these sequences with those in the gene bank revealed nosignificant homologies to Tb366. Tb433 was found to show some homologyto the previously identified M. tuberculosis antigen MPT83. Tb439 wasfound to show 100% identity to the previously isolated M. tuberculosiscosmid SCY02B10.

A CD4+ T cell line was generated against M. tuberculosis PPD,essentially described above, and used to screen the above M.tuberculosis Erdman cDNA expression library. One reactive clone(referred to as Tb372) was isolated, with the determined cDNA sequencesbeing provided in SEQ ID NO: 130 and 131. Comparison of these sequenceswith those in the gene bank revealed no significnat homologies.

In further studies, screening of an M. tuberculosis cDNA expressionlibrary with a CD4+ T cell line generated against dendritic cells thathad been infected with tuberculosis for 8 days, as described above, ledto the isolation of two clones referred to as Tb390R5C6 and Tb390R2C11.The determined cDNA sequence for Tb390R5C6 is provided in SEQ ID NO:132, with the determined cDNA sequences for Tb390R2C11 being provided inSEQ ID NO: 133 and 134. Tb390R5C6 was found to show 100% identity to apreviously identified M. tuberculosis cosmid.

In subsequent studies, the methodology described above was used toscreen an M. tuberculosis genomic DNA library prepared as follows.Genomic DNA from M. tuberculosis Erdman strain was randomly sheared toan average size of 2 kb, and blunt ended with Klenow polymerase,followed by the addition of EcoRI adaptors. The insert was subsequentlyligated into the Screen phage vector (Novagen, Madison, Wis.) andpackaged in vitro using the PhageMaker extract (Novagen). The phagelibrary (referred to as the Erd λScreen library) was amplified and aportion was converted into a plasmid expression library by anautosubcloning mechanism using the E. coli strain BM25.8 (Novagen).Plasmid DNA was purified from BM25.8 cultures containing the pSCREENrecombinants and used to transform competent cells of the expressinghost strain BL21(DE3)pLysS. Transformed cells were aliquoted into 96well microtiter plates with each well containing a pool size ofapproximately 50 colonies. Replica plates of the 96 well plasmid libraryformat were induced with IPTG to allow recombinant protein expression.Following induction, the plates were centrifuged to pellet the E. coliwhich was used directly in T cell expression cloning of a CD4+ T cellline prepared from a PPD-positive donor (donor 160) as described above.Pools containing E. coli expressing M. tuberculosis T cell antigens weresubsequently broken down into individual colonies and reassayed in asimilar fashion to identify positive hits.

Screening of the T cell line from donor 160 with one 96 well plate ofthe Erd λScreen library provided a total of nine positive hits. Previousexperiments on the screening of the pBSK library described above with Tcells from donor 160 suggested that most or all of the positive cloneswould be TbH-9, Tb38-1 or MTI (disclosed in U.S. patent application Ser.No. 08/533,634) or variants thereof. However, Southern analysis revealedthat only three wells hybridized with a mixed probe of TbH-9, Tb38-1 andMTI. Of the remaining six positive wells, two were found to beidentical. The determined 5′ cDNA sequences for two of the isolatedclones (referred to as Y1-26C1 and Y1-86C11) are provided in SEQ ID NO:135 and 136, respectively. The full length cDNA sequence for theisolated clone referred to as hTcc#1 is provided in SEQ ID NO: 137, withthe corresponding predicted amino acid sequence being provided in SEQ IDNO: 138. Comparison of the sequences of hTcc#1 to those in the gene bankas described above, revealed some homology to the previously isolated M.tuberculosis cosmid MTCY07H7B.06

Example 2 Induction of T Cell Proliferation and Interferon-γ Productionby M. tuberculosis Antigens

The ability of recombinant M. tuberculosis antigens to induce T cellproliferation and interferon-γ production may be determined as follows.

Proteins may be induced by IPTG and purified by gel elution, asdescribed in Skeiky et al. J. Exp. Med., 1995, 181:1527-1537. Thepurified polypeptides are then screened for the ability to induce T-cellproliferation in PBMC preparations. The PBMCs from donors known to bePPD skin test positive and whose T-cells are known to proliferate inresponse to PPD, are cultured in medium comprising RPMI 1640supplemented with 10% pooled human serum and 50 μg/ml gentamicin.Purified polypeptides are added in duplicate at concentrations of 0.5 to10 μg/mL. After six days of culture in 96-well round-bottom plates in avolume of 200 μl, 50 μl of medium is removed from each well fordetermination of IFN-γ levels, as described below. The plates are thenpulsed with 1 μCi/well of tritiated thymidine for a further 18 hours,harvested and tritium uptake determined using a gas scintillationcounter. Fractions that result in proliferation in both replicates threefold greater than the proliferation observed in cells cultured in mediumalone are considered positive.

IFN-γ is measured using an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA).ELISA plates are coated with a mouse monoclonal antibody directed tohuman IFN-γ (PharMingen, San Diego, Calif.) in PBS for four hours atroom temperature. Wells are then blocked with PBS containing 5% (W/V)non-fat dried milk for 1 hour at room temperature. The plates are washedsix times in PBS/0.2% TWEEN-20 and samples diluted 1:2 in culture mediumin the ELISA plates are incubated overnight at room temperature. Theplates are again washed and a polyclonal rabbit anti-human IFN-γ serumdiluted 1:3000 in PBS/10% normal goat serum is added to each well. Theplates are then incubated for two hours at room temperature, washed andhorseradish peroxidase-coupled anti-rabbit IgG (Sigma Chemical So., St.Louis, Mo.) is added at a 1:2000 dilution in PBS/5% non-fat dried milk.After a further two hour incubation at room temperature, the plates arewashed and TMB substrate added. The reaction is stopped after 20 minwith 1 N sulfuric acid. Optical density is determined at 450 nm using570 nm as a reference wavelength. Fractions that result in bothreplicates giving an OD two fold greater than the mean OD from cellscultured in medium alone, plus 3 standard deviations, are consideredpositive.

Example 3 Purification and Characterization of M. tuberculosisPolypeptides Using CD4+ T Cell Lines Generated from a Mouse M.tuberculosis Model

Infection of C57BL/6 mice with M. tuberculosis results in thedevelopment of a progressive disease for approximately 2-3 weeks. Thedisease progression is then halted as a consequence of the emergence ofa strong protective T cell-mediated immune response. This infectionmodel was used to generate T cell lines capable of recognizingprotective M. tuberculosis antigens.

Specifically, spleen cells were obtained from C57BL/6 mice infected withM. tuberculosis for 28 days and used to raise specific anti-M.tuberculosis T cell lines as described above. The resulting CD4+ T celllines, in conjunction with normal antigen presenting (spleen) cells fromC57BL/6 mice were used to screen the M. tuberculosis Erd γscreen librarydescribed above. One of the reactive library pools, which was found tobe highly stimulatory of the T cells, was selected and the correspondingactive clone (referred to as Y288C 10) was isolated.

Sequencing of the clone Y288C10 revealed that it contains two potentialgenes, in tandem. The determined cDNA sequences for these two genes(referred to as mTCC#1 and mTCC#2) are provided in SEQ ID NO: 139 and140, respectively, with the corresponding predicted amino acid sequencesbeing provided in SEQ ID NO: 141 and 142, respectively. Comparison ofthese sequences with those in the gene bank revealed identity to unknownsequences previously found within the M. tuberculosis cosmid MTY21C12.The predicted amino acid sequences of mTCC#1 and mTCC#2 were found toshow some homology to previously identified members of the TbH9 proteinfamily, discussed above.

Example 4 Synthesis of Synthetic Polypeptides

Polypeptides may be synthesized on a Millipore 9050 peptide synthesizerusing FMOC chemistry with HPTU(O-Benzotriazole-N,N,N′,N′-tetramethyluronium hexafluorophosphate)activation. A Gly-Cys-Gly sequence may be attached to the amino terminusof the peptide to provide a method of conjugation or labeling of thepeptide. Cleavage of the peptides from the solid support may be carriedout using the following cleavage mixture: trifluoroaceticacid:ethanedithiol:thioanisole:water:phenol (40:1:2:2:3). After cleavingfor 2 hours, the peptides may be precipitated in coldmethyl-t-butyl-ether. The peptide pellets may then be dissolved in watercontaining 0.1% trifluoroacetic acid (TFA) and lyophilized prior topurification by C18 reverse phase HPLC. A gradient of 0-60% acetonitrile(containing 0.1% TFA) in water (containing 0.1% TFA) may be used toelute the peptides. Following lyophilization of the pure fractions, thepeptides may be characterized using electrospray mass spectrometry andby amino acid analysis.

Example 5 Use of Representative Antigens for Serodiagnosis ofTuberculosis

The diagnostic properties of representative M. tuberculosis antigens maybe determined by examining the reactivity of antigens with sera fromtuberculosis-infected patients and from normal donors as describedbelow.

Assays are performed in 96-well plates coated with 200 ng antigendiluted to 50 μL in carbonate coating buffer, pH 9.6. The wells arecoated overnight at 4° C. (or 2 hours at 37° C.). The plate contents arethen removed and the wells are blocked for 2 hours with 200 μL of PBS/1%BSA. After the blocking step, the wells are washed five times withPBS/0.1% Tween 20™. 50 μL sera, diluted 1:100 in PBS/0.1% Tween 20™/0.1%BSA, is then added to each well and incubated for 30 minutes at roomtemperature. The plates are washed again five times with PBS/0.1% Tween20™.

The enzyme conjugate (horseradish peroxidase—Protein A, Zymed, SanFrancisco, Calif.) is then 1:10,000 in PBS/0.1% Tween 20™/0.1% BSA, and50 μL of the diluted conjugate is added to each well and incubated for30 minutes at room temperature. Following incubation, the wells arewashed five times with PBS/0.1% Tween 20™. 100 μL oftetramethylbenzidine peroxidase (TMB) substrate (Kirkegaard and PerryLaboratories, Gaithersburg, Md.) is added, undiluted, and incubated forabout 15 minutes. The reaction is stopped with the addition of 100 μL of1 N H₂SO₄ to each well, and the plates are read at 450 nm.

From the foregoing, it will be appreciated that, although specificembodiments of the invention have been described herein for the purposeof illustration, various modifications may be made without deviatingfrom the spirit and scope of the invention.

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#m tuberculosis    (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:1:CGCTCTGGTG ACCACCAACT TCTTCGGTGT CAACACCATC CCGATCGCCC TC#AACGAGGC     60CGACTACCTG CGCATGTGGA TCCAGGCCGC CACCGTCATG AGCCACTATC AA#GCCGTCGC    120GCACGAAATC TGGTGTCTCC ATGAATANGC CAGTTCGGGA AAGCCGTGGG CC#AGTATCAC    180CACGGGTGCG CCGGGCTCAC CGGCCTCGAC CACTCGCAGT CGCACGCCGT TG#GTATCAAC    240TAACCGTNCN GTANGTGCGC CCATCGTCTC ACCAAATCAC ACCGGGCACC GG#CCTGAGAA    300GGGCTTGGGG AGCANCCAGA GGCGATTGTC GCGGGTGCTG CCGCGCATCA TT#GATCGGCC    360GGCCGGACCA NTCGGGCCTC CCTTGACGTC CGGATCNCAC TTCCTGTGCA GC#TGGCATGG    420CTACAGCTCA CAGTGACTGC CCCACGATTG CCGGCCAGGT CCAGTTCAAA TT#CCGGTGAA    480TTCGCGGACA AAAGCAGCAG GTCAACCAAC CGCAGTCAGT CGAGGGTCCC AA#ACGTGAGC    540CAATCGGTGA AATGGCTTGC TGCAGTGACA CCGGTCACAG GCTTAGCCGA CA#GCACCGGA    600ATAGCTCAGG CGGGCTATAG AGTCCTATAG AAACATTTGC TGATAGAATT AA#CCGCTGTC    660TTGGCGTGAT CTTGATACGG CTCGCCGTGC GACCGGTTGG CTCAGTAGCT GA#CCACCATG    720TAACCCATCC TCGGCAGGTG TCTACTAAGG CGAGACACCG CATTGGTGGG GC#TGCATCGC    780AAATCGGTCC GAGCATGTAG CACTGCCGTT ATCCCGGGAT AGCAAACCAC CC#GGAACCAG    840GGCTATCCCA GTCGCTCTCC GACGGAGGCC GTTTCGCTTT CCGTTGCCCG AT#AACTCCCG    900AGTGGATATC GGCGTTATCA NATTCAGGCT TTTCTTCGCA AGGTACCGGT GT#TCGCTATA    960TTCGGATATC TCGGACGGAT AATTACTAAA ACTTCAGTGG TTTAGATAAG GC#CGCCGCAA   1020TACTTCGCCG ATCTTGCCGA GCGCAACGGA TTTCCATCGT CGGTTTTCGT CG#CCTTATCA   1080AACATGATCG GAGATAATGA CAGATCGGCC TAGCTAGGTG TTTAGCGGAC GC#GATTTAGG   1140ACAACCGAGA TTTGCTTTGC CTCGCAACCA TGAGAGCGCC CCGCTTCGAC GC#CGAATCGG   1200GTGAGTGATG GTGGGTTAGC ACAGCCCTGA TTGCGCCACC GGCGAGGTGA TT#GTGCCCGC   1260CACGAGGCCG CCGCCGGCTA GCCCCATGAG CACGNTATAT AGACTCTCCT GC#AACAGATC   1320TCATACCGAT CGAAGGCGAA GCGCAGGCAT CGACGTCGGA GACACTGCCT TG#GGATCGCG   1380CCGCCTACAC GGCGGTTGGC GCATTGTCGC AGCGCAGTTG CAGGAGGGCA AA#TGTGCGCA   1440GACGATGTAG TCGACAACAA GTGNACATGC CGTCTTCACG AACTCAAAAC TG#ACGATCTG   1500CTTAGCATGA AAAAAACTGT TGACATCGGC CAAGCATGAC AGCCAGACTG TA#GGCCTACG   1560CGTGCAATGC AGAACCAAGG NTATGCATGG AATCGACGAC CGTTGAGATA GG#CGGCAGGC   1620ATGAGCAGAG CGTTCATCAT CGATCCAACG ATCAGTGCCA TTGACGGCTT GT#ACGACCTT   1680CTGGGGATTG GAATACCCAA CCAAGGGGGT ATCCTTTACT CCTCACTAGA GT#ACTTCGAA   1740AAAGCCCTGG AGGAGCTGGC AGCAGCGTTT CCGGGTGATG GCTGGTTAGG TT#CGGCCGCG   1800GACAAATACG CCGGCAAAAA CCGCAACCAC GTGAATTTTT TCCAGGAACT GG#CAGACCTC   1860 GATCGTCAGC TCATCAGCCT GATCCA          #                   #            1886 (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:2:     (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:           (A) LENGTH: 2305 base #pairs           (B) TYPE: nucleic acid          (C) STRANDEDNESS: double           (D) TOPOLOGY: linear    (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: DNA (genomic)     (vi) ORIGINAL SOURCE:          (A) ORGANISM: Mycobacteriu #m tuberculosis    (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:2:GGCACGCGCT GGCCGCGCAA TACACCGAAA TTGCAACGGA ACTCGCAAGC GT#GCTCGCTG     60CGGTGCAGGC AAGCTCGTGG CAGGGGCCCA GCGCCGACCG GTTCGTCGTC GC#CCATCAAC    120CGTTCCGGTA TTGGCTAACC CACGCTGCCA CGGTGGCCAC CGCAGCAGCC GC#CGCGCACN    180AAACGGCCGC CGCCGGGTAT ACGTCCGCAT TGGGGGGCAT GCCTACGCTA GC#CGAGTTGG    240CGGCCAACCA TGCCATGCAC GGCGCTCTGG TGACCACCAA CTTCTTCGGT GT#CAACACCA    300TCCCGATCGC CCTCAACGAG GCCGACTACC TGCGCATGTG GATCCAGGCC GC#CACCGTCA    360TGAGCCACTA TCAAGCCGTC GCGCACGAAA GCGTGGCGGC GACCCCCAGC AC#GCCGCCGG    420CGCCGCAGAT AGTGACCAGT GCGGCCAGCT CGGCGGCTAG CAGCAGCTTC CC#CGACCCGA    480CCAAATTGAT CCTGCAGCTA CTCAAGGATT TCCTGGAGCT GCTGCGCTAT CT#GGCTGTTG    540AGCTGCTGCC GGGGCCGCTC GGCGACCTCA TCGCCCAGGT GTTGGACTGG TT#CATCTCGT    600TCGTGTCCGG TCCAGTCTTC ACGTTTCTCG CCTACCTGGT GCTGGACCCA CT#GATCTATT    660TCGGACCGTT CGCCCCGCTG ACGAGTCCGG TCCTGTTGCC TGCTGTGGAG TT#ACGCAACC    720GCCTCAAAAC CGCCACCGGA CTGACGCTGC CACCTACCGT GATTTTCGAT CA#TCCCACTC    780CCACTGCGGT CGCCGAGTAT GTCGCCCAGC AAATGTCTGG CAGCCGCCCA AC#GGAATCCG    840GTGATCCGAC GTCGCAGGTT GTCGAACCCG CTCGTGCCGA ATTCGGCACG AG#TGCTGTTC    900ATCAAATCCC CCCGAGACCT GCGGACACCC GGCGCGCTTG CCGACATCGA GA#TGATGTCC    960CGCGAGATAG CAGAATTGCC CAACATCGTG ATGGTGCGGG GCTTGACCCG AC#CGAACGGG   1020GAACCTCTGA AGGAGACCAA GGTCTCGTTT CAGGCTGGTG AAGTGGGCGG CA#AGCTCGAC   1080GAAGCGACCA CCCTGCTCGA AGAGCACGGA GGCGAGCTGG ACCAGCTGAC CG#GCGGTGCG   1140CACCAGTTGG CCGACGCCCT CGCCCAAATA CGCAACGAAA TCAATGGGGC CG#TGGCCAGC   1200TCGAGCGGGA TAGTCAACAC CCTGCAGGCC ATGATGGACC TGATGGGCGG TG#ACAAGACC   1260ATCCGACAAC TGGAAAATGC GTCCCAATAT GTCGGGCGCA TGCGGGCTCT GG#GGGACAAT   1320CTGAGCGGGA CCGTCACCGA TGCCGAACAA ATCGCCACTT GGGCCAGCCC TA#TGGTCAAC   1380GCCCTCAACT CCAGCCCGGT GTGTAACAGC GATCCCGCCT GTCGGACGTC GC#GCGCACAG   1440TTGGCGGCGA TTGTCCAGGC GCAGGACGAC GGCCTGCTCA GGTCCATCAG AG#CGCTAGCC   1500GTCACCCTGC AACAGACGCA GGAATACCAG ACACTCGCCC GGACGGTGAG CA#CACTGGAC   1560GGGCAACTGA AGCAAGTCGT CAGCACCCTC AAAGCGGTCG ACGGCCTACC CA#CCAAATTG   1620GCTCAAATGC AGCAAGGAGC CAACGCTCTC GCCGACGGCA GCGCAGCGCT GG#CGGCAGGC   1680GTGCAGGAAT TGGTCGATCA GGTCAAAAAG ATGGGCTCAG GGCTCAACGA GG#CCGCCGAC   1740TTCCTGTTGG GGATCAAGCG GGATGCGGAC AAGCCGTCAA TGGCGGGCTT CA#ACATTCCA   1800CCGCAGATTT TTTCGAGGGA CGAGTTCAAG AAGGGCGCCC AGATTTTCCT GT#CGGCCGAT   1860GGTCATGCGG CGCGGTACTT CGTGCAGAGC GCGCTGAATC CGGCCACCAC CG#AGGCGATG   1920GATCAGGTCA ACGATATCCT CCGTGTTGCG GATTCCGCGC GACCGAATAC CG#AACTCGAG   1980GATGCCACGA TAGGTCTGGC GGGGGTTCCG ACTGCGCTGC GGGATATCCG CG#ACTACTAC   2040AACAGCGATA TGAAATTCAT CGTCATTGCG ACGATCGTTA TCGTATTCTT GA#TTCTCGTC   2100ATTCTGNTGC GCGCACTTGT GGNTCCGATA TATCTGATAG GCTCGGTGCT GA#TTTCTTAC   2160TTGTCGGCCC TAGGCATAGG AACTTTCGTT TTCCAATTGA TACTGGGCCA GG#AAATGCAT   2220TGGAGCCTGC CGGGACTGTC CTTCATATTA TTGGTTGCCA TCGGCGCTGA CT#ACAACATG   2280 CTGCTCATTT CACGCATCCG CGACG          #                   #             2305 (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:3:     (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:           (A) LENGTH: 1742 base #pairs           (B) TYPE: nucleic acid          (C) STRANDEDNESS: double           (D) TOPOLOGY: linear    (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: DNA (genomic)     (vi) ORIGINAL SOURCE:          (A) ORGANISM: Mycobacteriu #m tuberculosis    (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:3:CCGCTCTCTT TCAACGTCAT AAGTTCGGTG GGCCAGTCGG CCGCGCGTGC AT#ATGGCACC     60AATAACGCGT GTCCCATGGA TACCCGGACC GCACGACGGT AGAGCGGATC AG#CGCAGCCG    120GTGCCGAACA CTACCGCGTC CACGCTCAGC CCTGCCGCGT TGCGGAAGAT CG#AGCCCAGG    180TTCTCATGGT CGTTAACGCC TTCCAACACT GCGACGGTGC GCGCCCCGGC GA#CCACCTGA    240GCAACGCTCG GCTCCGGCAC CCGGCGCGCG GCTGCCAACA CCCCACGATT GA#GATGGAAG    300CCGATCACCC GTGCCATGAC ATCAGCCGAC GCTCGATAGT ACGGCGCGCC GA#CACCGGCC    360AGATCATCCT TGAGCTCGGC CAGCCGGCGG TCGGTGCCGA ACAGCGCCAG CG#GCGTGAAC    420CGTGAGGCCA GCATGCGCTG CACCACCAGC ACACCCTCGG CGATCACCAA CG#CCTTGCCG    480GTCGGCAGAT CGGGACNACN GTCGATGCTG TTCAGGTCAC GGAAATCGTC GA#GCCGTGGG    540TCGTCGGGAT CGCAGACGTC CTGAACATCG AGGCCGTCGG GGTGCTGGGC AC#AACGGCCT    600TCGGTCACGG GCTTTCGTCG ACCAGAGCCA GCATCAGATC GGCGGCGCTG CG#CAGGATGT    660CACGCTCGCT GCGGTTCAGC GTCGCGAGCC GCTCAGCCAG CCACTCTTGC AG#AGAGCCGT    720TGCTGGGATT AATTGGGAGA GGAAGACAGC ATGTCGTTCG TGACCACACA GC#CGGAAGCC    780CTGGCAGCTG CGGCGGCGAA CCTACAGGGT ATTGGCACGA CAATGAACGC CC#AGAACGCG    840GCCGCGGCTG CTCCAACCAC CGGAGTAGTG CCCGCAGCCG CCGATGAAGT AT#CAGCGCTG    900ACCGCGGCTC AGTTTGCTGC GCACGCGCAG ATGTACCAAA CGGTCAGCGC CC#AGGCCGCG    960GCCATTCACG AAATGTTCGT GAACACGCTG GTGGCCAGTT CTGGCTCATA CG#CGGCCACC   1020GAGGCGGCCA ACGCAGCCGC TGCCGGCTGA ACGGGCTCGC ACGAACCTGC TG#AAGGAGAG   1080GGGGAACATC CGGAGTTCTC GGGTCAGGGG TTGCGCCAGC GCCCAGCCGA TT#CAGNTATC   1140GGCGTCCATA ACAGCAGACG ATCTAGGCAT TCAGTACTAA GGAGACAGGC AA#CATGGCCT   1200CACGTTTTAT GACGGATCCG CATGCGATGC GGGACATGGC GGGCCGTTTT GA#GGTGCACG   1260CCCAGACGGT GGAGGACGAG GCTCGCCGGA TGTGGGCGTC CGCGCAAAAC AT#TTCCGGTG   1320CGGGCTGGAG TGGCATGGCC GAGGCGACCT CGCTAGACAC CATGACCTAG AT#GAATCAGG   1380CGTTTCGCAA CATCGTGAAC ATGCTGCACG GGGTGCGTGA CGGGCTGGTT CG#CGACGCCA   1440ACAANTACGA ACAGCAAGAG CAGGCCTCCC AGCAGATCCT GAGCAGNTAG CG#CCGAAAGC   1500CACAGCTGNG TACGNTTTCT CACATTAGGA GAACACCAAT ATGACGATTA AT#TACCAGTT   1560CGGGGACGTC GACGCTCATG GCGCCATGAT CCGCGCTCAG GCGGCGTCGC TT#GAGGCGGA   1620GCATCAGGCC ATCGTTCGTG ATGTGTTGGC CGCGGGTGAC TTTTGGGGCG GC#GCCGGTTC   1680GGTGGCTTGC CAGGAGTTCA TTACCCAGTT GGGCCGTAAC TTCCAGGTGA TC#TACGAGCA   1740 GG                   #                  #                   #            1742 (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:4:     (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:           (A) LENGTH: 2836 base #pairs           (B) TYPE: nucleic acid          (C) STRANDEDNESS: double           (D) TOPOLOGY: linear    (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: DNA (genomic)     (vi) ORIGINAL SOURCE:          (A) ORGANISM: Mycobacteriu #m tuberculosis    (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:4:GTTGATTCCG TTCGCGGCGC CGCCGAAGAC CACCAACTCC GCTGGGGTGG TC#GCACAGGC     60GGTTGCGTCG GTCAGCTGGC CGAATCCCAA TGATTGGTGG CTCNGTGCGG TT#GCTGGGCT    120CGATTACCCC CACGGAAAGG ACGACGATCG TTCGTTTGCT CGGTCAGTCG TA#CTTGGCGA    180CGGGCATGGC GCGGTTTCTT ACCTCGATCG CACAGCAGCT GACCTTCGGC CC#AGGGGGCA    240CAACGGCTGG CTCCGGCGGA GCCTGGTACC CAACGCCACA ATTCGCCGGC CT#GGGTGCAG    300GCCCGGCGGT GTCGGCGAGT TTGGCGCGGG CGGAGCCGGT CGGGAGGTTG TC#GGTGCCGC    360CAAGTTGGGC CGTCGCGGCT CCGGCCTTCG CGGAGAAGCC TGAGGCGGGC AC#GCCGATGT    420CCGTCATCGG CGAAGCGTCC AGCTGCGGTC AGGGAGGCCT GCTTCGAGGC AT#ACCGCTGG    480CGAGAGCGGG GCGGCGTACA GGCGCCTTCG CTCACCGATA CGGGTTCCGC CA#CAGCGTGA    540TTACCCGGTC TCCGTCGGCG GGATAGCTTT CGATCCGGTC TGCGCGGCCG CC#GGAAATGC    600TGCAGATAGC GATCGACCGC GCCGGTCGGT AAACGCCGCA CACGGCACTA TC#AATGCGCA    660CGGCGGGCGT TGATGCCAAA TTGACCGTCC CGACGGGGCT TTATCTGCGG CA#AGATTTCA    720TCCCCAGCCC GGTCGGTGGG CCGATAAATA CGCTGGTCAG CGCGACTCTT CC#GGCTGAAT    780TCGATGCTCT GGGCGCCCGC TCGACGCCGA GTATCTCGAG TGGGCCGCAA AC#CCGGTCAA    840ACGCTGTTAC TGTGGCGTTA CCACAGGTGA ATTTGCGGTG CCAACTGGTG AA#CACTTGCG    900AACGGGTGGC ATCGAAATCA ACTTGTTGCG TTGCAGTGAT CTACTCTCTT GC#AGAGAGCC    960GTTGCTGGGA TTAATTGGGA GAGGAAGACA GCATGTCGTT CGTGACCACA CA#GCCGGAAG   1020CCCTGGCAGC TGCGGCGGCG AACCTACAGG GTATTGGCAC GACAATGAAC GC#CCAGAACG   1080CGGCCGCGGC TGCTCCAACC ACCGGAGTAG TGCCCGCAGC CGCCGATGAA GT#ATCAGCGC   1140TGACCGCGGC TCAGTTTGCT GCGCACGCGC AGATGTACCA AACGGTCAGC GC#CCAGGCCG   1200CGGCCATTCA CGAAATGTTC GTGAACACGC TGGTGGCCAG TTCTGGCTCA TA#CGCGGCCA   1260CCGAGGCGGC CAACGCAGCC GCTGCCGGCT GAACGGGCTC GCACGAACCT GC#TGAAGGAG   1320AGGGGGAACA TCCGGAGTTC TCGGGTCAGG GGTTGCGCCA GCGCCCAGCC GA#TTCAGCTA   1380TCGGCGTCCA TAACAGCAGA CGATCTAGGC ATTCAGTACT AAGGAGACAG GC#AACATGGC   1440CTCACGTTTT ATGACGGATC CGCATGCGAT GCGGGACATG GCGGGCCGTT TT#GAGGTGCA   1500CGCCCAGACG GTGGAGGACG AGGCTCGCCG GATGTGGGCG TCCGCGCAAA AC#ATTTCCGG   1560TGCGGGCTGG AGTGGCATGG CCGAGGCGAC CTCGCTAGAC ACCATGACCT AG#ATGAATCA   1620GGCGTTTCGC AACATCGTGA ACATGCTGCA CGGGGTGCGT GACGGGCTGG TT#CGCGACGC   1680CAACAACTAC GAACAGCAAG AGCAGGCCTC CCAGCAGATC CTGAGCAGCT AG#CGCCGAAA   1740GCCACAGCTG CGTACGCTTT CTCACATTAG GAGAACACCA ATATGACGAT TA#ATTACCAG   1800TTCGGGGACG TCGACGCTCA TGGCGCCATG ATCCGCGCTC AGGCGGCGTC GC#TTGAGGCG   1860GAGCATCAGG CCATCGTTCG TGATGTGTTG GCCGCGGGTG ACTTTTGGGG CG#GCGCCGGT   1920TCGGTGGCTT GCCAGGAGTT CATTACCCAG TTGGGCCGTA ACTTCCAGGT GA#TCTACGAG   1980CAGGCCAACG CCCACGGGCA GAAGGTGCAG GCTGCCGGCA ACAACATGGC GC#AAACCGAC   2040AGCGCCGTCG GCTCCAGCTG GGCCTAAAAC TGAACTTCAG TCGCGGCAGC AC#ACCAACCA   2100GCCGGTGTGC TGCTGTGTCC TGCAGTTAAC TAGCACTCGA CCGCTGAGGT AG#CGATGGAT   2160CAACAGAGTA CCCGCACCGA CATCACCGTC AACGTCGACG GCTTCTGGAT GC#TTCAGGCG   2220CTACTGGATA TCCGCCACGT TGCGCCTGAG TTACGTTGCC GGCCGTACGT CT#CCACCGAT   2280TCCAATGACT GGCTAAACGA GCACCCGGGG ATGGCGGTCA TGCGCGAGCA GG#GCATTGTC   2340GTCAACGACG CGGTCAACGA ACAGGTCGCT GCCCGGATGA AGGTGCTTGC CG#CACCTGAT   2400CTTGAAGTCG TCGCCCTGCT GTCACGCGGC AAGTTGCTGT ACGGGGTCAT AG#ACGACGAG   2460AACCAGCCGC CGGGTTCGCG TGACATCCCT GACAATGAGT TCCGGGTGGT GT#TGGCCCGG   2520CGAGGCCAGC ACTGGGTGTC GGCGGTACGG GTTGGCAATG ACATCACCGT CG#ATGACGTG   2580ACGGTCTCGG ATAGCGCCTC GATCGCCGCA CTGGTAATGG ACGGTCTGGA GT#CGATTCAC   2640CACGCCGACC CAGCCGCGAT CAACGCGGTC AACGTGCCAA TGGAGGAGAT CT#CGTGCCGA   2700ATTCGGCACG AGGCACGAGG CGGTGTCGGT GACGACGGGA TCGATCACGA TC#ATCGACCG   2760GCCGGGATCC TTGGCGATCT CGTTGAGCAC GACCCGGGCC CGCGGGAAGC TC#TGCGACAT   2820 CCATGGGTTC TTCCCG              #                  #                   #  2836 (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:5:     (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:           (A) LENGTH: 900 base #pairs           (B) TYPE: nucleic acid          (C) STRANDEDNESS: double           (D) TOPOLOGY: linear    (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: DNA (genomic)     (vi) ORIGINAL SOURCE:          (A) ORGANISM: Mycobacteriu #m tuberculosis    (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:5:AACATGCTGC ACGGGGTGCG TGACGGGCTG GTTCGCGACG CCAACAACTA CG#AGCAGCAA     60GAGCAGGCCT CCCAGCAGAT CCTCAGCAGC TAACGTCAGC CGCTGCAGCA CA#ATACTTTT    120ACAAGCGAAG GAGAACAGGT TCGATGACCA TCAACTATCA GTTCGGTGAT GT#CGACGCTC    180ACGGCGCCAT GATCCGCGCT CAGGCCGGGT TGCTGGAGGC CGAACATCAG GC#CATCATTC    240GTGATGTGTT GACCGCGAGT GACTTTTGGG GCGGCGCCGG TTCGGCGGCC TG#CCAGGGGT    300TCATTACCCA ATTGGGCCGT AACTTCCAGG TGATCTACGA ACAGGCCAAC GC#CCACGGGC    360AGAAGGTGCA GGCTGCCGGC AACAACATGG CGCAAACCGA CAGCGCCGTC GG#CTCCAGCT    420GGGCCTGACA CCAGGCCAAG GCCAGGGACG TGGTGTACGA GTGAAGGTTC CT#CGCGTGAT    480CCTTCGGGTG GCAGTCTAGG TGGTCAGTGC TGGGGTGTTG GTGGTTTGCT GC#TTGGCGGG    540TTCTTCGGTG CTGGTCAGTG CTGCTCGGGC TCGGGTGAGG ACCTCGAGGC CC#AGGTAGCG    600CCGTCCTTCG ATCCATTCGT CGTGTTGTTC GGCGAGGACG GCTCCGACGA GG#CGGATGAT    660CGAGGCGCGG TCGGGGAAGA TGCCCACGAC GTCGGTTCGG CGTCGTACCT CT#CGGTTGAG    720GCGTTCCTGG GGGTTGTTGG ACCAGATTTG GCGCCAGATC TTCTTGGGGA AG#GCGGTGAA    780CGCCAGCAGG TCGGTGCGGG CGGTGTCGAN GTGCTCGGCC ACCGCGGGGA GT#TTGTCGGT    840CAGAGCGTCG AGTACCCGAT CATATTGGGC AACAACTGAT TCGGCGTTGG GC#TGGTCGTA    900 (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:6:     (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:           (A) LENGTH: 1905 base #pairs           (B) TYPE: nucleic acid          (C) STRANDEDNESS: double           (D) TOPOLOGY: linear    (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: DNA (genomic)     (vi) ORIGINAL SOURCE:          (A) ORGANISM: Mycobacteriu #m tuberculosis    (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:6:GCTCGCCGGA TGTGGGCGTC CGCGCAAAAC ATTTCCGGTG CGGGCTGGAG TG#GCATGGCC     60GAGGCGACCT CGCTAGACAC CATGGCCCAG ATGAATCAGG CGTTTCGCAA CA#TCGTGAAC    120ATGCTGCACG GGGTGCGTGA CGGGCTGGTT CGCGACGCCA ACAACTACGA GC#AGCAAGAG    180CAGGCCTCCC AGCAGATCCT CAGCAGCTAA CGTCAGCCGC TGCAGCACAA TA#CTTTTACA    240AGCGAAGGAG AACAGGTTCG ATGACCATCA ACTATCAGTT CGGTGATGTC GA#CGCTCACG    300GCGCCATGAT CCGCGCTCAG GCCGGGTTGC TGGAGGCCGA GCATCAGGCC AT#CATTCGTG    360ATGTGTTGAC CGCGAGTGAC TTTTGGGGCG GCGCCGGTTC GGCGGCCTGC CA#GGGGTTCA    420TTACCCAGTT GGGCCGTAAC TTCCAGGTGA TCTACGAACA AGCCAACACC CA#CGGGCAGA    480AGGTGCAAGC TGCCGGCAAC AACATGGCGC AAACCGACAG CGCCGTCNGC TC#CAGCTGGG    540CCTGACACCA GGCCAAGGCC AGGGACGTGG TGTACNAGTG AAGGTTCCTC GC#GTGATCCT    600TCGGGTGGCA GTCTAGGTGG TCAGTGCTGG GGTGTTGGTG GTTTGCTGCT TG#GCGGGTTC    660TTCGGTGCTG GTCAGTGCTG CTCGGGCTCG GGTGAGGACC TCGAGGCCCA GG#TAGCGCCG    720TCCTTCGATC CATTCGTCGT GTTGTTCGGC GAGGACNGCT CCGACGANGC GG#ATGATCGA    780GGCGCGGTCG GGGAAGATGC CCACGACGTC GGTTCGGCGT CGTACCTCTC GG#TTGAAGCG    840TTCCTGGGGG CCACCGCTTG GCGCCNANGC ACTCCACGCC AATTCGTCNC AC#CTAACAGC    900GGTGGCCAAC GACTATGACT ACGACACCGT TTTTGCCAGG GCCCTCNAAA GG#ATCTGCGC    960GTCCCGGCGA CACGCTTTTT GCGATAAGTA CCTCCGGCAA TTCTATGAGT GT#ACTGCGGN   1020CCGCGAAAAC CGCAAGGGAG TTGGGTGTGA CGGTTNTTGC AAATGACGGG CG#AATCCGGC   1080GGCCAGCTGG CAGAATTCGC AGATTTCTTG ATCAACGTCC CGTCACGCGA CA#CCGGGCGA   1140ATCCAGGAAT CTCACATCGT TTTTATTCAT GCGATCTCCG AACATGTCGA AC#ACGCGCTT   1200TTCGCGCCTC GCCAATAGGA AAGCCGATCC TTACGCGGCC ATTCGAAAGA TG#GTCGCGGA   1260ACGTGCGGGA CACCAATGGT GTCTCTTCCT CGATAGAGAC GGGGTCATCA AT#CGACAAGT   1320GGTCGGCGAC TACGTACGGA ACTGGCGGCA GTTTGAATGG TTGCCCGGGG CG#GCGCGGGC   1380GTTGAAGAAG CTACGGGCAT GGGCTCCGTA CATCGTTGTC GTGACAAACC AG#CAGGGCGT   1440GGGTGCCGGA TTGATGAGCG CCGTCGACGT GATGGTGATA CATCGGCACC TC#CAAATGCA   1500GCTTGCATCC GATGGCGTGC TGATAGATGG ATTTCAGGTT TGCCCGCACC AC#CGTTCGCA   1560GCGGTGTGGC TGCCGTAAGC CGAGACCGGG TCTGGTCCTC GACTGGCTCG GA#CGACACCC   1620CGACAGTGAG CCATTGCTGA GCATCGTGGT TGGGGACAGC CTCAGCGATC TT#GACATTGG   1680CACACAACGT CGCCGCTGCT GCCGGTGCAT GTGCCAGTGT CCAGATAGGG GG#CGCCAGTT   1740CTGGCGGTGT CGCTGACGCG TCATTTGACT CGCTCTGGGA GTTCGCTGTC GC#AGTCGGAC   1800ATGCGCGGGG GGAGCGGGGC TAATGGCGAT CTTGCGCGGG CGAGCGCCGT NG#CGGNTCGG   1860 ACTNNGCGGT GGCGGGACAG ACGTGGAACC GTACTCGAGC CAGTT   #                1905 (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:7:     (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:           (A) LENGTH: 2921 base #pairs           (B) TYPE: nucleic acid          (C) STRANDEDNESS: double           (D) TOPOLOGY: linear    (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: DNA (genomic)     (vi) ORIGINAL SOURCE:          (A) ORGANISM: Mycobacteriu #m tuberculosis    (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:7:CGGGATGCCG TGGTGGTTGG TATTGCCCAA ACCCTGGCGC TGGTCCCCGG GG#TATCCAGG     60TCCGGGTCGA CCATCAGCGC TGGACTGTTT CTCGGACTCG ACCGTGAACT GG#CCGCCCGA    120TTCGGATTCC TGCTGGCCAT TCCAGCGGTG TTCGCCTCCG GGTTGTTCTC GT#TGCCCGAC    180GCATTCCACC CGGTAACCGA GGGCATGAGC GCTACTGGCC CGCAGTTGCT GG#TGGCCACC    240CTGATCGCGT TCGTCCTCGG TCTGACCGCG GTGGCCTGGC TGCTGCGGTT TC#TGGTGCGA    300CACAACATGT ACTGGTTCGT CGGCTACCGG GTGCTCGTCG GGACGGGCAT GC#TCGTGCTG    360CTGGCTACCG GGACGGTAGC CGCGACATGA CCGTCATCTT GCTACGCCAT GC#CCGTTCCA    420CCTCGAACAC CGCGGGCGTG CTGGCCGGCC GGTCCGGCGT CGACCTCGAC GA#GAAGGGGC    480GCGAGCAGGC CACCGGGTTG ATCGATCGAA TTGGTGACCT GCCGATCCGG GC#GGTCGCGT    540CTTCTCCAAT GCTGCGGTGT CAACGCACCG TCGAACCGCT GGCCGAGGCG CT#GTGCCTGG    600AGCCGCTCAT CGATGACCGG TTCTCCGAAG TCGACTACGG CGAATGGACT GG#CAGAAAAA    660TCGGTGACCT GGTCGACGAG CCGTTGTGGC GGGTAGTCCA GGCCCACCCC AG#CGCGGCGG    720TGTTTCCCGG CGGTGAGGGT TTGGCGCAGG TGCAGACGTG GTTGTCCTGA CG#GATTTCCA    780TGCCGGGGAA CACCAAGACC GGATCGGCAC TGGCGGTCGC CGGCGAAAAC CC#GGCCGCCA    840ATAGGGCGAC CGTCGCTGCG AATGCGCGTG GTACCAGGCG GACCACCTTG AA#CTCCCATC    900CGTCGGGGCC AAGCGCATCG CCCGCCGCCG GTTACGGCTA AGGCGTACCA AA#ACCCGACG    960GTAATACTTC GGCAATGTCG GGTCNCGACG TTACCGAGAC GTGACCAGNG AG#GCNGCGGC   1020ATTGGATTTA TCGATGGTGC GCGGTTCCCA NCCCGGCGGT CCGAANACGT AG#CCCAGCCG   1080ATCCCGCAGA CGTGTTGCCG ACCGCCAGTC ACGCACGATC GCCACGTACT CG#CGGGTCTG   1140CAGCTTCCAG ATGTTGAACG TGTCGACCCG CTTGGTCAGG CCATAATGCG GT#CGGAATAG   1200CTCCGGCTGA AAGCTACCGA ACAGGCGGTC CCAGATGATG AGGATGCCGC CA#TAGTTCTT   1260GTCCANATAC ACCGGGTCCA TTCCGTGGTG GACCCGGTGG TGCGACGGGG TA#TTGAAGAC   1320GAATTCGAAC CACCGCGGCA GCCTGTCGAT CCGCTCGGTG TGCACCCAGA AC#TGGTAGAT   1380CAAGTTCAGC GACCAATTGC AGAACACCAT CCAAGGGGGA AGCCCCATCA GT#GGCAGCGG   1440AACCCACATG AGAATCTCGC CGCTGTTGTT CCANTTTCTG GCGCAGCGCG GT#GGCGAAGT   1500TGAAGTATTC GCTGGAGTGA TGCGCCTGGT GGGTAGCCCA GATCAGCCGA AC#TCGGTGGG   1560CGATGCGGTG ATAGGAGTAG TACAGCAGAT CGACACCAAC GATCGCGATC AC#CCAGGTGT   1620ACCACCGGTG GGCGGACAGC TGCCAGGGGG CAAGGTAGGC ATAGATTGCG GC#ATAACCGA   1680GCAGGGCAAG GGACTTCCAG CCGGCGGTGG TGGCTATCGA AACCAGCCCC AT#CGAGATGC   1740TGGCCACCGA GTCGCGGGTG AGGTAAGCGC CCGAGGCGGG CCGTGGCTGC CC#GGTAGCAG   1800CGGTCTCGAT GCTTTCCAGC TTGCGGGCCG CCGTCCATTC GAGAATCAGC AG#CAATAGAA   1860AACATGGAAT GGCGAACAGT ACCGGGTCCC GCATTTCCTC GGGCAGCGCT GA#GAAGAATC   1920CGGCGACGGC ATGGCCGAGG CGACCTCGNT AGACACCATG ACCCAGATGA AT#CAGGCGTT   1980TCGCAACATC GTGAACATGC TGCACGGGGT GCGTGACGGG CTGGTTCGCG AC#GCCAACAA   2040NTACGAACAG CAAGAGCAGG CCTCCCAGCA GATCCTCAGC AGCTGACCCG GC#CCGACGAC   2100TCAGGAGGAC ACATGACCAT CAACTATCAA TTCGGGGACG TCGACGCTCA CG#GCGCCATG   2160ATCCGCGCTC AGGCCGGGTC GCTGGAGGCC GAGCATCAGG CCATCATTTC TG#ATGTGTTG   2220ACCGCGAGTG ACTTTTGGGG CGGCGCCGGT TCGGCGGCCT GCCAGGGGTT CA#TTACCCAG   2280CTGGGCCGTA ACTTCCAGGT GATNTACGAG CAGGCCAACG CCCACGGGCA GA#AGGTGCAG   2340GCTGCCGGCA ACAACATGGC ACAAACCGAC AGCGCCGTCG GCTCCAGCTG GG#CATAAAGN   2400TGGCTTAAGG CCCGCGCCGT CAATTACAAC GTGGCCGCAC ACCGGTTGGT GT#GTGGCCAC   2460GTTGTTATCT GAACGACTAA CTACTTCGAC CTGCTAAAGT CGGCGCGTTG AT#CCCCGGTC   2520GGATGGTGCT GAACTGGGAA GATGGCCTCA ATGCCCTTGT TGCGGAAGGG AT#TGAGGCCA   2580TCGTGTTTCG TACTTTAGGC GATCAGTGCT GGTTGTGGGA GTCGCTGCTG CC#CGACGAGG   2640TGCGCCGACT GCCCGAGGAA CTGGCCCGGG TGGACGCATT GTTGGACGAT CC#GGCGTTCT   2700TCGCCCCGTT CGTGCCGTTC TTCGACCCGC GCAGGGGCCG GCCGTCGACG CC#GATGGAGG   2760TCTATCTGCA GTTGATGTTT GTGAAGTTCC GCTACCGGCT GGGCTATGAG TC#GCTGTGCC   2820GGGAGGTGGC TGATTCGATC ACCTGACGGC GGTTTTGCCG CATTGCGCTG GA#CGGGTCGG   2880 TGCCGCATCC GACCACATTG ATGAAGCTCA CCACGCGTTG C    #                   # 2921 (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:8:     (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:           (A) LENGTH: 1704 base #pairs           (B) TYPE: nucleic acid          (C) STRANDEDNESS: double           (D) TOPOLOGY: linear    (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: DNA (genomic)     (vi) ORIGINAL SOURCE:          (A) ORGANISM: Mycobacteriu #m tuberculosis    (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:8:CGCGATCGTC GTCAACGANG TCGACCGTCA CCACGGACTG ATCAACAAGT TC#GCAGGCGA     60CGCCGCCCTG GCCATCTTCG GAGCCCCGAA CCGCCTCGAC CGTCCCGAAG AC#GCCGCGCT    120GGCCGCCGCC CGGGCCATAN CCGANCGGCT GGCCNACGAG ATGCCCGAGG TC#CAAGCCGG    180CATCGGGGTG GCGGCAGGCC ANATCGTCGC CGGCAATGTC GGCGCCAAGC AA#AGATTCNA    240ATACACAGTG GTCGGCAAGC CGGTCAACCA NGCGGCCCGA TTGTGCGAAC TG#GCCAAATC    300ACACCCCGCG CGATTGGGTC TCGCCCGCTC GGCTCATGGT CACCCAATTC AA#GGACTACT    360TTGGCCTGGC GCACGACCTG CCGAAGTGGG CGAGTGAAGG CGCCAAAGCC GC#CGGTGAGG    420CCGCCAAGGC GTTGCCGGCC GCCGTTCCGG CCATTCCGAG TGCTGGCCTG AG#CGGCGTTG    480CGGGCGCCGT CGGTCAGGCG GCGTCGGTCG GGGGATTGAA GGTTCCGGCC GT#TTGGACCG    540CCACGACCCC GGCGGCGAGC CCCGCGGTGC TGGCGGCGTC CAACGGCCTC GG#AGCCGCGG    600CCGCCGCTGA AGGTTCGACA CACGCGTTTG GCGGGATGCC GCTCATGGGT AN#CGGTGCCG    660GACGTGCGTT TAACAACTTC GCTGCCCCTC GATACGGATT CAAGCCGACC GT#GATCGCCC    720AACCGCCGGC TGGCGGATGA CCAACTACGT TCGTTGATCG AGGATCGAAT TC#NACGATTC    780AAAGGGAGGA ATTCATATGA CCTCNCGTTT TATGACGGAT CCGCACGCNA TN#CGGGACAT    840GGCGGGCCGT TTTGAGGTGC ACGCCCAGAC GGTGGAGGAC GAGGCTNGCN GG#ATGTGGGC    900GTCCGCGCAA AACATTTCCG GTGCGGGCTG GAGTGGCATG GCCGAGGCGA CC#TCGNTAGA    960CACCATGGCC CAGATGAATC AGGCGTTTCN CAACATCGTG AACATGCTGC AC#GGGGTGNG   1020TGACGGGCTG GTTCGCGACG CCAACAACTA CGAACAGCAA GAGCAGGCCT CC#CAGCAGAT   1080CCTCAGCAGC TGACCCGGCC CGACGACTCA GGAGGACACA TGACCATCAA CT#ATCAATTC   1140GGGGACGTCG ACGCTCATGG CGCCATGATC CGCGCTNTGG CCGGGTTGCT GG#AGGCCGAG   1200CATCAGGCCA TCATTTCTGA TGTGTTGACC GCGAGTGACT TTTGGGGCGG CG#CCGGTTCG   1260GCGGCCTGCC AGGGGTTCAT TACCCAGTTG GGCCGTAACT TCCAGGTGAT TT#ACGAGCAG   1320GCCAACGCCC ACGGGCAGAA GGTGCAGGCT GCCGGCAACA ACATGGCACA AA#CCGACAGC   1380GCCGTNGGNT CCAGCTGGGC CTAACCCGGG TCNTAAGTTG GGTCCGCGCA GG#GCGGGCCG   1440ATCAGCGTNG ACTTTGGCGC CCGATACACG GGCATNTTNT NGTCGGGAAC AC#TGCGCCCG   1500CGTCAGNTGC CCGCTTCCCC TTGTTNGGCG ACGTGCTCGG TGATGGCTTT GA#CGACCGCT   1560TCGCCGGCGC GGCCAATCAA TTGGTCGCGC TTGCCTNTAG CCCATTCGTG CG#ACGCCCGC   1620GGCGCCGCGA GTTGTCCCTT GAAATAAGGA ATCACAGCAC GGGCGAACAG CT#CATAGGAG   1680 TGAAAGGTTG CCGTGGCGGG GCCC          #                   #              1704 (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:9:     (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:           (A) LENGTH: 2286 base #pairs           (B) TYPE: nucleic acid          (C) STRANDEDNESS: double           (D) TOPOLOGY: linear    (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: DNA (genomic)     (vi) ORIGINAL SOURCE:          (A) ORGANISM: Mycobacteriu #m tuberculosis    (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:9:CCGTCTTGGC GTCTGGGCGC ATTGTGATCT GGGCCANTTG CCCCTCCACC CA#GACCGCGC     60CCAGCTTGTC GATCCAGCCC GCGACCCGGA TTGCCACCGC GCGAACCGGG AA#CGGATTCT    120CCGCTGAATT CTGGGTCACT TCGCAGTCGC GCGGGTGATC CTGTTGGCGA NC#AGCGTCTG    180GAACGGGCGT CNAACGCGTG CCGTAAGCCC AGCGTGTACG CCGTCAGCCC GA#CGCCGATG    240CCGAATGCCT TGCCGCCCAA GCTGAGCCGC GCGGGCTCCA CCAAGAGCGT CA#CGGTGAGC    300CAGCCAACCA GATGCAAGGC GACGATCACC GCGAAGTGCC GAATTCGGCA CG#AGAGGTGC    360TGGAAATCCA GCAATACGCC CGCGAGCCGA TCTCGTTGGA CCAGACCATC GG#CGACGANG    420GCGACAGNCA GCTTGGCGAT TTCATCGAAA ACAGCGAGGC GGTGGTGGNC GT#CGACGCGG    480TGTCCTTCAC TTTGCTGCAT GATCAACTGC ANTCGGTGCT GGACACGCTC TC#CGAGCGTG    540AGGCGGGCGT GGTGCGGCTA CGCTTCGGCC TTACCGACGG CCAGCCGCGC AC#CCTTGACG    600AGATCGGCCA GGTCTACGGC GTGACCCGGG AACGCATCCG CCAGATCGAA TC#CAAGACTA    660TGTCGAAGTT GCGCCATCCG AGCCGCTCAC AGGTCCTGCG CGACTATCGT GC#CGAATTCG    720GCACGAGCCG TTTTGAGGTG CACGCCCAGA CGGTGGAGGA CGAGGCTCGC CG#GATGTGGG    780CGTCCGCGCA AAACATTTCC GGTGCGGGCT GGAGTGGCAT GGCCGANGCG AC#CTCGCTAG    840ACACCATGGC CCAGATGAAT CAGGCGTTTC GCAACATCGT GAACATGCTG CA#CGGGGTGC    900GTGACGGGCT GGTTCGCGAC GCCAACAACT ACGAACAGCA AGAGCAGGCC TC#CCAGCAGA    960TCCTCAGCAG CTGACCCGGC CCGACGACTC AGGAGGACAC ATGACCATCA AC#TATCAATT   1020CGGGGACGTC GACGCTCATG GCGCCATGAT CCGCGCTCTG GCCGGGTTGC TG#GAGGCCGA   1080GCATCAGGCC ATCATTTCTG ATGTGTTGAC CGCGAGTGAC TTTTGGGGCG GC#GCCGGTTC   1140GGCGGCCTGC CAGGGGTTCA TTACCCAGTT GGGCCGTAAC TTCCAGGTGA TC#TACGAGCA   1200GGCCAACGCC CACGGGCAGA AGGTGCAGGC TGCCGGCAAC AACATGGCAC AA#ACCGACAG   1260CGCCGTCGGC TCCAGCTGGG CCTAACCCGG GTCCTAAGTT GGGTCCGCGC AG#GGCGGGCC   1320GATCAGCGTC GACTTTGGCG CCCGATACAC GGGCATGTNG TNGTCGGGAA CA#CTGCGCCC   1380GCGTCAGCTG CCCGCTTCCC CTTGTTCGGC GACGTGCTCG GTGATGGCTT TG#ACGACCGC   1440TTCGCCGGCG CGGCCAATCA ATTGGTCGCG CTTGCCTCTA GCCTCGTGCC GA#ATTCGGCA   1500CGAGGGTGCT GGTGCCGCGC TATCGGCAGC ACGTGAGCTC CACGACGAAC TC#ATCCCAGT   1560GCTGGGTTCC GCGGAGTTCG GCATCGGCGT GTCGGCCGGA AGGGCCATCG CC#GGCCACAT   1620CGGCGCTCAA GCCCGCTTCG AGTACACCGT CATCGGCGAC CCGGTCAACG AG#GCCGCCCG   1680GCTCACCGAA CTGGCCAAAG TCGAGGATGG CCACGTTCTG GCGTCGGCGA TC#GCGGTCAG   1740TGGCGCCCTG GACGCCGAAG CATTGTGTTG GGATGTTGGC GAGGTGGTTG AG#CTCCGCGG   1800ACGTGCTGCA CCCACCCAAC TAGCCAGGCC AATGAATNTG GCNGCACCCG AA#GAGGTTTC   1860CAGCGAAGTA CGCGGCTAGT CGCGCTTGGC TGCNTTCTTC GCCGGCACCT TC#CGGGCAGC   1920TTTCCTGGCT GGCCGTTTTG CCGGACCCCG GGCTCGGCGA TCGGCCAACA GC#TCGGCGGC   1980GCGCTCGTCG GTTATGGAAG CCACGTNGTC GCCCTTACGC AGGCTGGCAT TG#GTCTCACC   2040GTCGGTGACG TACGGCCCGA ATCGGCCGTC CTTGATGACC ATTGGCTTGC CA#GACGCCGG   2100ATNTGNTCCC AGCTCGCGCA GCGGCGGAGC CGAAGCGCTT TGCCGGCCAC GA#CNTTTCGG   2160CTCTGNGTAG ATNTTCAGGG CTTCGTCGAG CGNGATGGTG AATATATGGT CT#TCGGTGAC   2220CAGTGATCGA GAATCGTTGC CGCGCTTTAG ATACGGTCNG TAGCGCCCGT TC#TGCGCGGT   2280 GATNTC                  #                  #                   #         2286 (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:10:     (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:           (A) LENGTH: 1136 base #pairs           (B) TYPE: nucleic acid          (C) STRANDEDNESS: double           (D) TOPOLOGY: linear    (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: DNA (genomic)     (vi) ORIGINAL SOURCE:          (A) ORGANISM: Mycobacteriu #m tuberculosis    (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:10:GGGCATCTTC CCCGACCGCG CCTCGATCAT CCGCCTCGTC GGAGCCGTCC TC#GCCGAACA     60ACACGACGAA TGGATCGAAG GACGGCGCTA CCTGGGCCTC GAGGTCCTCA CC#CGAGCCCG    120AGCAGCACTG ACCAGCACCG AAGAACCGCC AAGCAGCAAA CCACCAACAC CC#CAGCACTG    180ACCACCTAGA CTGCCACCCG AAGGATCACG CGAGGAACCT TCACTCGTAC AC#CACGTCCC    240TGGCCTTGGC CTGGTGTCAG GCCCAGCTGG AGCCGACGGC GCTGTCGGTT TG#CGCCATGT    300TGTTGCCGGC AGCCTGCACC TTCTGCCCGT GGGCGTTGGC CTGCTCGTAG AT#CACCTGGA    360AGTTACGGCC CAACTGGGTA ATGAACCCCT GGCAGGCCGC CGAACCGGCG CC#GCCCCAAA    420AGTCACTCGC GGTCAACACA TCACGAATGA TGGCCTGATG CTCGGCCTCC AG#CAACCCGG    480CCTGAGCGCG GATCATGGCG CCGTGAGCGT CGACATCACC GAACTGATAG TT#GATGGTCA    540TCGAACCTGT TCTCCTTCGC TTGTAAAAGT ATTGTGCTGC AGCGGCTGAC GT#TAGCTGCT    600GAGGATCTGC TGGGAGGCCT GCTCTTGCCT CGTGCCGAAT TCGGCACGAG AG#GCCGCCTT    660CGAAGAAATC CTTTGAGAAT TCGCCAAGGC CGTCGACCCA GCATGGGGTC AG#CTCGCCAG    720CCGCGCCGGC TGGCAACCGT TCCCGCTCGA GAAAGACCTG GAGGAATACC AG#TGACAAAC    780GACCTCCCAG ACGTCCGAGA GCGTGACGGC GGTCCACGTC CCGCTCCTCC TG#CTGGCGGG    840CCACGCTTGT CAGACGTGTG GGTTTACAAC GGGCGGGCGT ACGACCTGAG TG#AGTGGATT    900TCCAAGCATC CCGGCGGCGC CTTNTTCATT GGGCGGACCA AGAACCGCGA CA#TCACCGCA    960ATCGTCAAGT CCTACCATCG TGATCCGGCG ATTGTCGAGC GAATCCTGCA GC#GGAGGTAC   1020GCGTTGGGCC GCGACGCAAC CCCTAGGGAC ATCCACCCCA AGCACAATGC AC#CGGCATTT   1080CTGTTCAAAG ACGACTTCAA CAGCTGGCGG GACACCCCGA AGTATCGATT NG#ACGA       1136 (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:11:     (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:           (A) LENGTH: 967 base #pairs           (B) TYPE: nucleic acid          (C) STRANDEDNESS: double           (D) TOPOLOGY: linear    (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: DNA (genomic)     (vi) ORIGINAL SOURCE:          (A) ORGANISM: Mycobacteriu #m tuberculosis    (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:11:TGAGCGCCAA CCCTACCGTC GGTTCGTCAC ACGGACCGCA TGGCCTGCTC CG#CGGACTGC     60CGCTAGGGTC GCGGATCACT CGGCGTAGCG GCGCCTTTGC CCACCGATAT GG#GTTCCGTC    120ACAGTGTGGT TGCCCGCCCG CCATCGGCCG GATAACGCCA TGACCTCAGC TC#GGCAGAAA    180TGACAATGCT CCCAAAGGCG TGAGCACCCG AAGACAACTA AGCAGGAGAT CG#CATGCCGT    240TTGTGACTAC CCAACCAGAA GCACTGGCGG CGGCGGCCGG CAGTCTGCAG GG#AATCGGCT    300CCGCATTGAA CGCCCAGAAT GCGGCTGCGG CGACTCCCAC GACGGGGGTG GT#CCGGCGGC    360CGCCGATGAA NTGTCGGCGC TGACGGCGGC TCAGTTCGCG GCACACGCCC AG#ATCTATCA    420GGCCGTCAGC GCCCAGGCCG CGGCGATTCA CGAGATGTTC GTCAACACTC TA#CAGATGAG    480CTCAGGGTCG TATGCTGCTA CCGAGGCCGC CAACGCGGCC GCGGCCGGNT AG#AGGAGTCA    540CTGCGATGGA TTTTGGGGCG TTGCCGCCGG AGGTCAATTC GGTGCGGATG TA#TGCCGTTC    600CTGGCTCGGC ACCAATGGTC GCTGCGGCGT CGGCCTGGAA CGGGTTGGCC GC#GGAGCTGA    660GTTCGGCGGC CACCGGTTAT GAGACGGTGA TCACTCAGCT CAGCAGTGAG GG#GTGGCTAG    720GTCCGGCGTC AGCGGCGATG GCCGAGGCAG TTGCGCCGTA TGTGGCGTGG AT#GAGTGCCG    780CTGCGGCGCA AGCCGAGCAG GCGGCCACAC AGGCCAGGGC CGCCGCGGCC GC#TTTTGAGG    840CGGCGTTTGC CGCGACGGTG CCTCCGCCGT TGATCGCGGC CAACCGGGCT TC#GTTGATGC    900AGCTGATCTC GACGAATGTC TTTGGTCAGA ACACCTCGGC GATCGCGGCC GC#CGAAGCTC    960 AGTACGG                  #                  #                   #         967 (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:12:     (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:           (A) LENGTH: 585 base #pairs           (B) TYPE: nucleic acid          (C) STRANDEDNESS: double           (D) TOPOLOGY: linear    (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: DNA (genomic)     (vi) ORIGINAL SOURCE:          (A) ORGANISM: Mycobacteriu #m tuberculosis    (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:12:TGGATTCCGA TAGCGGTTTC GGCCCCTCGA CGGGCGACCA CGGCGCGCAG GC#CTCCGAAC     60GGGGGGCCGG GACGCTGGGA TTCGCCGGGA CCGCAACCAA AGAACGCCGG GT#CCGGGCGG    120TCGGGCTGAC CGCACTGGCC GGTGATGAGT TCGGCAACGG CCCCCGGATG CC#GATGGTGC    180CGGGGACCTG GGAGCAGGGC AGCAACGAGC CCGAGGCGCC CGACGGATCG GG#GAGAGGGG    240GAGGCGACGG CTTACCGCAC GACAGCAAGT AACCGAATTC CGAATCACGT GG#ACCCGTAC    300GGGTCGAAAG GAGAGATGTT ATGAGCCTTT TGGATGCTCA TATCCCACAG TT#GGTGGCCT    360CCCAGTCGGC GTTTGCCGCC AAGGCGGGGC TGATGCGGCA CACGATCGGT CA#GGCCGAGC    420AGGCGGCGAT GTCGGCTCAG GCGTTTCACC AGGGGGAGTC GTCGGCGGCG TT#TCAGGCCG    480CCCATGCCCG GTTTGTGGCG GCGGCCGCCA AAGTCAACAC CTTGTTGGAT GT#CGCGCAGG    540 CGAATCTGGG TGAGGCCGCC GGTACCTATG TGGCCGCCGA TGCTG   #                 585 (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:13:     (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:           (A) LENGTH: 144 amino #acids           (B) TYPE: amino acid           (C) STRANDEDNESS: single          (D) TOPOLOGY: linear     (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: peptide    (vi) ORIGINAL SOURCE:           (A) ORGANISM: Mycobacteriu#m tuberculosis     (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:13:Ala Leu Val Thr Thr Asn Phe Phe Gly Val As #n Thr Ile Pro Ile Ala1               5    #                10   #                15Leu Asn Glu Ala Asp Tyr Leu Arg Met Trp Il #e Gln Ala Ala Thr Val            20       #            25       #            30Met Ser His Tyr Gln Ala Val Ala His Glu Il #e Trp Cys Leu His Glu        35           #        40           #        45Xaa Ala Ser Ser Gly Lys Pro Trp Ala Ser Il #e Thr Thr Gly Ala Pro    50               #    55               #    60Gly Ser Pro Ala Ser Thr Thr Arg Ser Arg Th #r Pro Leu Val Ser Thr65                   #70                   #75                   #80Asn Arg Xaa Val Xaa Ala Pro Ile Val Ser Pr #o Asn His Thr Gly His                85   #                90   #                95Arg Pro Glu Lys Gly Leu Gly Ser Xaa Gln Ar #g Arg Leu Ser Arg Val            100       #           105       #           110Leu Pro Arg Ile Ile Asp Arg Pro Ala Gly Pr #o Xaa Gly Pro Pro Leu        115           #       120           #       125Thr Ser Gly Ser His Phe Leu Cys Ser Trp Hi #s Gly Tyr Ser Ser Gln    130               #   135               #   140(2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:14:      (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:          (A) LENGTH: 352 amino  #acids           (B) TYPE: amino acid          (C) STRANDEDNESS: single           (D) TOPOLOGY: linear    (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: peptide     (vi) ORIGINAL SOURCE:          (A) ORGANISM: Mycobacteriu #m tuberculosis    (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:14:His Ala Leu Ala Ala Gln Tyr Thr Glu Ile Al #a Thr Glu Leu Ala Ser1               5    #                10   #                15Val Leu Ala Ala Val Gln Ala Ser Ser Trp Gl #n Gly Pro Ser Ala Asp            20       #            25       #            30Arg Phe Val Val Ala His Gln Pro Phe Arg Ty #r Trp Leu Thr His Ala        35           #        40           #        45Ala Thr Val Ala Thr Ala Ala Ala Ala Ala Hi #s Xaa Thr Ala Ala Ala    50               #    55               #    60Gly Tyr Thr Ser Ala Leu Gly Gly Met Pro Th #r Leu Ala Glu Leu Ala65                   #70                   #75                   #80Ala Asn His Ala Met His Gly Ala Leu Val Th #r Thr Asn Phe Phe Gly                85   #                90   #                95Val Asn Thr Ile Pro Ile Ala Leu Asn Glu Al #a Asp Tyr Leu Arg Met            100       #           105       #           110Trp Ile Gln Ala Ala Thr Val Met Ser His Ty #r Gln Ala Val Ala His        115           #       120           #       125Glu Ser Val Ala Ala Thr Pro Ser Thr Pro Pr #o Ala Pro Gln Ile Val    130               #   135               #   140Thr Ser Ala Ala Ser Ser Ala Ala Ser Ser Se #r Phe Pro Asp Pro Thr145                 1 #50                 1 #55                 1 #60Lys Leu Ile Leu Gln Leu Leu Lys Asp Phe Le #u Glu Leu Leu Arg Tyr                165   #               170   #               175Leu Ala Val Glu Leu Leu Pro Gly Pro Leu Gl #y Asp Leu Ile Ala Gln            180       #           185       #           190Val Leu Asp Trp Phe Ile Ser Phe Val Ser Gl #y Pro Val Phe Thr Phe        195           #       200           #       205Leu Ala Tyr Leu Val Leu Asp Pro Leu Ile Ty #r Phe Gly Pro Phe Ala    210               #   215               #   220Pro Leu Thr Ser Pro Val Leu Leu Pro Ala Va #l Glu Leu Arg Asn Arg225                 2 #30                 2 #35                 2 #40Leu Lys Thr Ala Thr Gly Leu Thr Leu Pro Pr #o Thr Val Ile Phe Asp                245   #               250   #               255His Pro Thr Pro Thr Ala Val Ala Glu Tyr Va #l Ala Gln Gln Met Ser            260       #           265       #           270Gly Ser Arg Pro Thr Glu Ser Gly Asp Pro Th #r Ser Gln Val Val Glu        275           #       280           #       285Pro Ala Arg Ala Glu Phe Gly Thr Ser Ala Va #l His Gln Ile Pro Pro    290               #   295               #   300Arg Pro Ala Asp Thr Arg Arg Ala Cys Arg Hi #s Arg Asp Asp Val Pro305                 3 #10                 3 #15                 3 #20Arg Asp Ser Arg Ile Ala Gln His Arg Asp Gl #y Ala Gly Leu Asp Pro                325   #               330   #               335Thr Glu Arg Gly Thr Ser Glu Gly Asp Gln Gl #y Leu Val Ser Gly Trp            340       #           345       #           350(2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:15:      (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:          (A) LENGTH: 141 amino  #acids           (B) TYPE: amino acid          (C) STRANDEDNESS: single           (D) TOPOLOGY: linear    (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: peptide     (vi) ORIGINAL SOURCE:          (A) ORGANISM: Mycobacteriu #m tuberculosis    (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:15:Met Asp Phe Gly Ala Leu Pro Pro Glu Val As #n Ser Val Arg Met Tyr1               5    #                10   #                15Ala Val Pro Gly Ser Ala Pro Met Val Ala Al #a Ala Ser Ala Trp Asn            20       #            25       #            30Gly Leu Ala Ala Glu Leu Ser Ser Ala Ala Th #r Gly Tyr Glu Thr Val        35           #        40           #        45Ile Thr Gln Leu Ser Ser Glu Gly Trp Leu Gl #y Pro Ala Ser Ala Ala    50               #    55               #    60Met Ala Glu Ala Val Ala Pro Tyr Val Ala Tr #p Met Ser Ala Ala Ala65                   #70                   #75                   #80Ala Gln Ala Glu Gln Ala Ala Thr Gln Ala Ar #g Ala Ala Ala Ala Ala                85   #                90   #                95Phe Glu Ala Ala Phe Ala Ala Thr Val Pro Pr #o Pro Leu Ile Ala Ala            100       #           105       #           110Asn Arg Ala Ser Leu Met Gln Leu Ile Ser Th #r Asn Val Phe Gly Gln        115           #       120           #       125Asn Thr Ser Ala Ile Ala Ala Ala Glu Ala Gl #n Tyr Gly    130               #   135               #   140(2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:16:      (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:          (A) LENGTH: 58 amino  #acids           (B) TYPE: amino acid          (C) STRANDEDNESS: single           (D) TOPOLOGY: linear    (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: peptide     (vi) ORIGINAL SOURCE:          (A) ORGANISM: Mycobacteriu #m tuberculosis    (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:16:Met Ala Ser Arg Phe Met Thr Asp Pro His Al #a Met Arg Asp Met Ala1               5    #                10   #                15Gly Arg Phe Glu Val His Ala Gln Thr Val Gl #u Asp Glu Ala Arg Arg            20       #            25       #            30Met Trp Ala Ser Ala Gln Asn Ile Ser Gly Al #a Gly Trp Ser Gly Met        35           #        40           #        45Ala Glu Ala Thr Ser Leu Asp Thr Met Thr     50               #    55(2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:17:      (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:          (A) LENGTH: 67 amino  #acids           (B) TYPE: amino acid          (C) STRANDEDNESS: single           (D) TOPOLOGY: linear    (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: peptide     (vi) ORIGINAL SOURCE:          (A) ORGANISM: Mycobacteriu #m tuberculosis    (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:17:Met Thr Ile Asn Tyr Gln Phe Gly Asp Val As #p Ala His Gly Ala Met1               5    #                10   #                15Ile Arg Ala Gln Ala Ala Ser Leu Glu Ala Gl #u His Gln Ala Ile Val            20       #            25       #            30Arg Asp Val Leu Ala Ala Gly Asp Phe Trp Gl #y Gly Ala Gly Ser Val        35           #        40           #        45Ala Cys Gln Glu Phe Ile Thr Gln Leu Gly Ar #g Asn Phe Gln Val Ile    50               #    55               #    60 Tyr Glu Gln 65(2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:18:      (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:          (A) LENGTH: 58 amino  #acids           (B) TYPE: amino acid          (C) STRANDEDNESS: single           (D) TOPOLOGY: linear    (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: peptide     (vi) ORIGINAL SOURCE:          (A) ORGANISM: Mycobacteriu #m tuberculosis    (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:18:Met Ala Ser Arg Phe Met Thr Asp Pro His Al #a Met Arg Asp Met Ala1               5    #                10   #                15Gly Arg Phe Glu Val His Ala Gln Thr Val Gl #u Asp Glu Ala Arg Arg            20       #            25       #            30Met Trp Ala Ser Ala Gln Asn Ile Ser Gly Al #a Gly Trp Ser Gly Met        35           #        40           #        45Ala Glu Ala Thr Ser Leu Asp Thr Met Thr     50               #    55(2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:19:      (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:          (A) LENGTH: 94 amino  #acids           (B) TYPE: amino acid          (C) STRANDEDNESS: single           (D) TOPOLOGY: linear    (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: peptide     (vi) ORIGINAL SOURCE:          (A) ORGANISM: Mycobacteriu #m tuberculosis    (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:19:Met Thr Ile Asn Tyr Gln Phe Gly Asp Val As #p Ala His Gly Ala Met1               5    #                10   #                15Ile Arg Ala Gln Ala Ala Ser Leu Glu Ala Gl #u His Gln Ala Ile Val            20       #            25       #            30Arg Asp Val Leu Ala Ala Gly Asp Phe Trp Gl #y Gly Ala Gly Ser Val        35           #        40           #        45Ala Cys Gln Glu Phe Ile Thr Gln Leu Gly Ar #g Asn Phe Gln Val Ile    50               #    55               #    60Tyr Glu Gln Ala Asn Ala His Gly Gln Lys Va #l Gln Ala Ala Gly Asn65                   #70                   #75                   #80Asn Met Ala Gln Thr Asp Ser Ala Val Gly Se #r Ser Trp Ala                85   #                90(2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:20:      (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:          (A) LENGTH: 30 amino  #acids           (B) TYPE: amino acid          (C) STRANDEDNESS: single           (D) TOPOLOGY: linear    (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: peptide     (vi) ORIGINAL SOURCE:          (A) ORGANISM: Mycobacteriu #m tuberculosis    (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:20:Asn Met Leu His Gly Val Arg Asp Gly Leu Va #l Arg Asp Ala Asn Asn1               5    #                10   #                15Tyr Glu Gln Gln Glu Gln Ala Ser Gln Gln Il #e Leu Ser Ser            20       #            25       #            30(2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:21:      (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:          (A) LENGTH: 94 amino  #acids           (B) TYPE: amino acid          (C) STRANDEDNESS: single           (D) TOPOLOGY: linear    (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: peptide     (vi) ORIGINAL SOURCE:          (A) ORGANISM: Mycobacteriu #m tuberculosis    (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:21:Met Thr Ile Asn Tyr Gln Phe Gly Asp Val As #p Ala His Gly Ala Met1               5    #                10   #                15Ile Arg Ala Gln Ala Gly Leu Leu Glu Ala Gl #u His Gln Ala Ile Ile            20       #            25       #            30Arg Asp Val Leu Thr Ala Ser Asp Phe Trp Gl #y Gly Ala Gly Ser Ala        35           #        40           #        45Ala Cys Gln Gly Phe Ile Thr Gln Leu Gly Ar #g Asn Phe Gln Val Ile    50               #    55               #    60Tyr Glu Gln Ala Asn Ala His Gly Gln Lys Va #l Gln Ala Ala Gly Asn65                   #70                   #75                   #80Asn Met Ala Gln Thr Asp Ser Ala Val Gly Se #r Ser Trp Ala                85   #                90(2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:22:      (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:          (A) LENGTH: 69 amino  #acids           (B) TYPE: amino acid          (C) STRANDEDNESS: single           (D) TOPOLOGY: linear    (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: peptide     (vi) ORIGINAL SOURCE:          (A) ORGANISM: Mycobacteriu #m tuberculosis    (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:22:Ala Arg Arg Met Trp Ala Ser Ala Gln Asn Il #e Ser Gly Ala Gly Trp1               5    #                10   #                15Ser Gly Met Ala Glu Ala Thr Ser Leu Asp Th #r Met Ala Gln Met Asn            20       #            25       #            30Gln Ala Phe Arg Asn Ile Val Asn Met Leu Hi #s Gly Val Arg Asp Gly        35           #        40           #        45Leu Val Arg Asp Ala Asn Asn Tyr Glu Gln Gl #n Glu Gln Ala Ser Gln    50               #    55               #    60 Gln Ile Leu Ser Ser65 (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:23:      (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:          (A) LENGTH: 94 amino  #acids           (B) TYPE: amino acid          (C) STRANDEDNESS: single           (D) TOPOLOGY: linear    (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: peptide     (vi) ORIGINAL SOURCE:          (A) ORGANISM: Mycobacteriu #m tuberculosis    (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:23:Met Thr Ile Asn Tyr Gln Phe Gly Asp Val As #p Ala His Gly Ala Met1               5    #                10   #                15Ile Arg Ala Gln Ala Gly Leu Leu Glu Ala Gl #u His Gln Ala Ile Ile            20       #            25       #            30Arg Asp Val Leu Thr Ala Ser Asp Phe Trp Gl #y Gly Ala Gly Ser Ala        35           #        40           #        45Ala Cys Gln Gly Phe Ile Thr Gln Leu Gly Ar #g Asn Phe Gln Val Ile    50               #    55               #    60Tyr Glu Gln Ala Asn Thr His Gly Gln Lys Va #l Gln Ala Ala Gly Asn65                   #70                   #75                   #80Asn Met Ala Gln Thr Asp Ser Ala Val Xaa Se #r Ser Trp Ala                85   #                90(2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:24:      (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:          (A) LENGTH: 52 amino  #acids           (B) TYPE: amino acid          (C) STRANDEDNESS: single           (D) TOPOLOGY: linear    (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: peptide     (vi) ORIGINAL SOURCE:          (A) ORGANISM: Mycobacteriu #m tuberculosis    (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:24:Gly Met Ala Glu Ala Thr Ser Xaa Asp Thr Me #t Thr Gln Met Asn Gln1               5    #                10   #                15Ala Phe Arg Asn Ile Val Asn Met Leu His Gl #y Val Arg Asp Gly Leu            20       #            25       #            30Val Arg Asp Ala Asn Xaa Tyr Glu Gln Gln Gl #u Gln Ala Ser Gln Gln        35           #        40           #        45 Ile Leu Ser Ser    50 (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:25:     (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:           (A) LENGTH: 94 amino #acids           (B) TYPE: amino acid           (C) STRANDEDNESS: single          (D) TOPOLOGY: linear     (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: peptide    (vi) ORIGINAL SOURCE:           (A) ORGANISM: Mycobacteriu#m tuberculosis     (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:25:Met Thr Ile Asn Tyr Gln Phe Gly Asp Val As #p Ala His Gly Ala Met1               5    #                10   #                15Ile Arg Ala Gln Ala Gly Ser Leu Glu Ala Gl #u His Gln Ala Ile Ile            20       #            25       #            30Ser Asp Val Leu Thr Ala Ser Asp Phe Trp Gl #y Gly Ala Gly Ser Ala        35           #        40           #        45Ala Cys Gln Gly Phe Ile Thr Gln Leu Gly Ar #g Asn Phe Gln Val Xaa    50               #    55               #    60Tyr Glu Gln Ala Asn Ala His Gly Gln Lys Va #l Gln Ala Ala Gly Asn65                   #70                   #75                   #80Asn Met Ala Gln Thr Asp Ser Ala Val Gly Se #r Ser Trp Ala                85   #                90(2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:26:      (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:          (A) LENGTH: 98 amino  #acids           (B) TYPE: amino acid          (C) STRANDEDNESS: single           (D) TOPOLOGY: linear    (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: peptide     (vi) ORIGINAL SOURCE:          (A) ORGANISM: Mycobacteriu #m tuberculosis    (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:26:Met Thr Ser Arg Phe Met Thr Asp Pro His Al #a Met Arg Asp Met Ala1               5    #                10   #                15Gly Arg Phe Glu Val His Ala Gln Thr Val Gl #u Asp Glu Ala Arg Arg            20       #            25       #            30Met Trp Ala Ser Ala Gln Asn Ile Ser Gly Al #a Gly Trp Ser Gly Met        35           #        40           #        45Ala Glu Ala Thr Ser Leu Asp Thr Met Ala Gl #n Met Asn Gln Ala Phe    50               #    55               #    60Arg Asn Ile Val Asn Met Leu His Gly Val Ar #g Asp Gly Leu Val Arg65                   #70                   #75                   #80Asp Ala Asn Asn Tyr Glu Gln Gln Glu Gln Al #a Ser Gln Gln Ile Leu                85   #                90   #                95 Ser Ser(2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:27:      (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:          (A) LENGTH: 94 amino  #acids           (B) TYPE: amino acid          (C) STRANDEDNESS: single           (D) TOPOLOGY: linear    (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: peptide     (vi) ORIGINAL SOURCE:          (A) ORGANISM: Mycobacteriu #m tuberculosis    (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:27:Met Thr Ile Asn Tyr Gln Phe Gly Asp Val As #p Ala His Gly Ala Met1               5    #                10   #                15Ile Arg Ala Xaa Ala Gly Leu Leu Glu Ala Gl #u His Gln Ala Ile Ile            20       #            25       #            30Ser Asp Val Leu Thr Ala Ser Asp Phe Trp Gl #y Gly Ala Gly Ser Ala        35           #        40           #        45Ala Cys Gln Gly Phe Ile Thr Gln Leu Gly Ar #g Asn Phe Gln Val Ile    50               #    55               #    60Tyr Glu Gln Ala Asn Ala His Gly Gln Lys Va #l Gln Ala Ala Gly Asn65                   #70                   #75                   #80Asn Met Ala Gln Thr Asp Ser Ala Val Gly Se #r Ser Trp Ala                85   #                90(2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:28:      (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:          (A) LENGTH: 81 amino  #acids           (B) TYPE: amino acid          (C) STRANDEDNESS: single           (D) TOPOLOGY: linear    (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: peptide     (vi) ORIGINAL SOURCE:          (A) ORGANISM: Mycobacteriu #m tuberculosis    (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:28:Arg Phe Glu Val His Ala Gln Thr Val Glu As #p Glu Ala Arg Arg Met1               5    #                10   #                15Trp Ala Ser Ala Gln Asn Ile Ser Gly Ala Gl #y Trp Ser Gly Met Ala            20       #            25       #            30Xaa Ala Thr Ser Leu Asp Thr Met Ala Gln Me #t Asn Gln Ala Phe Arg        35           #        40           #        45Asn Ile Val Asn Met Leu His Gly Val Arg As #p Gly Leu Val Arg Asp    50               #    55               #    60Ala Asn Asn Tyr Glu Gln Gln Glu Gln Ala Se #r Gln Gln Ile Leu Ser65                   #70                   #75                   #80 Ser(2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:29:      (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:          (A) LENGTH: 94 amino  #acids           (B) TYPE: amino acid          (C) STRANDEDNESS: single           (D) TOPOLOGY: linear    (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: peptide     (vi) ORIGINAL SOURCE:          (A) ORGANISM: Mycobacteriu #m tuberculosis    (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:29:Met Thr Ile Asn Tyr Gln Phe Gly Asp Val As #p Ala His Gly Ala Met1               5    #                10   #                15Ile Arg Ala Leu Ala Gly Leu Leu Glu Ala Gl #u His Gln Ala Ile Ile            20       #            25       #            30Ser Asp Val Leu Thr Ala Ser Asp Phe Trp Gl #y Gly Ala Gly Ser Ala        35           #        40           #        45Ala Cys Gln Gly Phe Ile Thr Gln Leu Gly Ar #g Asn Phe Gln Val Ile    50               #    55               #    60Tyr Glu Gln Ala Asn Ala His Gly Gln Lys Va #l Gln Ala Ala Gly Asn65                   #70                   #75                   #80Asn Met Ala Gln Thr Asp Ser Ala Val Gly Se #r Ser Trp Ala                85   #                90(2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:30:      (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:          (A) LENGTH: 11 amino  #acids           (B) TYPE: amino acid          (C) STRANDEDNESS: single           (D) TOPOLOGY: linear    (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: peptide     (vi) ORIGINAL SOURCE:          (A) ORGANISM: Mycobacteriu #m tuberculosis    (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:30:Gln Glu Gln Ala Ser Gln Gln Ile Leu Ser Se #r 1               5   #                10 (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:31:     (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:           (A) LENGTH: 94 amino #acids           (B) TYPE: amino acid           (C) STRANDEDNESS: single          (D) TOPOLOGY: linear     (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: peptide    (vi) ORIGINAL SOURCE:           (A) ORGANISM: Mycobacteriu#m tuberculosis     (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:31:Met Thr Ile Asn Tyr Gln Phe Gly Asp Val As #p Ala His Gly Ala Met1               5    #                10   #                15Ile Arg Ala Gln Ala Gly Leu Leu Glu Ala Gl #u His Gln Ala Ile Ile            20       #            25       #            30Arg Asp Val Leu Thr Ala Ser Asp Phe Trp Gl #y Gly Ala Gly Ser Ala        35           #        40           #        45Ala Cys Gln Gly Phe Ile Thr Gln Leu Gly Ar #g Asn Phe Gln Val Ile    50               #    55               #    60Tyr Glu Gln Ala Asn Ala His Gly Gln Lys Va #l Gln Ala Ala Gly Asn65                   #70                   #75                   #80Asn Met Ala Gln Thr Asp Ser Ala Val Gly Se #r Ser Trp Ala                85   #                90(2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:32:      (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:          (A) LENGTH: 99 amino  #acids           (B) TYPE: amino acid          (C) STRANDEDNESS: single           (D) TOPOLOGY: linear    (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: peptide     (vi) ORIGINAL SOURCE:          (A) ORGANISM: Mycobacteriu #m tuberculosis    (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:32:Met Ser Phe Val Thr Thr Gln Pro Glu Ala Le #u Ala Ala Ala Ala Ala1               5    #                10   #                15Asn Leu Gln Gly Ile Gly Thr Thr Met Asn Al #a Gln Asn Ala Ala Ala            20       #            25       #            30Ala Ala Pro Thr Thr Gly Val Val Pro Ala Al #a Ala Asp Glu Val Ser        35           #        40           #        45Ala Leu Thr Ala Ala Gln Phe Ala Ala His Al #a Gln Met Tyr Gln Thr    50               #    55               #    60Val Ser Ala Gln Ala Ala Ala Ile His Glu Me #t Phe Val Asn Thr Leu65                   #70                   #75                   #80Val Ala Ser Ser Gly Ser Tyr Ala Ala Thr Gl #u Ala Ala Asn Ala Ala                85   #                90   #                95Ala Ala Gly (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:33:     (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:           (A) LENGTH: 99 amino #acids           (B) TYPE: amino acid           (C) STRANDEDNESS: single          (D) TOPOLOGY: linear     (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: peptide    (vi) ORIGINAL SOURCE:           (A) ORGANISM: Mycobacteriu#m tuberculosis     (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:33:Met Ser Phe Val Thr Thr Gln Pro Glu Ala Le #u Ala Ala Ala Ala Ala1               5    #                10   #                15Asn Leu Gln Gly Ile Gly Thr Thr Met Asn Al #a Gln Asn Ala Ala Ala            20       #            25       #            30Ala Ala Pro Thr Thr Gly Val Val Pro Ala Al #a Ala Asp Glu Val Ser        35           #        40           #        45Ala Leu Thr Ala Ala Gln Phe Ala Ala His Al #a Gln Met Tyr Gln Thr    50               #    55               #    60Val Ser Ala Gln Ala Ala Ala Ile His Glu Me #t Phe Val Asn Thr Leu65                   #70                   #75                   #80Val Ala Ser Ser Gly Ser Tyr Ala Ala Thr Gl #u Ala Ala Asn Ala Ala                85   #                90   #                95Ala Ala Gly (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:34:     (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:           (A) LENGTH: 15 amino #acids           (B) TYPE: amino acid           (C) STRANDEDNESS: single          (D) TOPOLOGY: linear     (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: peptide    (vi) ORIGINAL SOURCE:           (A) ORGANISM: Mycobacteriu#m tuberculosis     (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:34:Asp Pro His Ala Met Arg Asp Met Ala Gly Ar #g Phe Glu Val His1               5    #                10   #                15(2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:35:      (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:          (A) LENGTH: 15 amino  #acids           (B) TYPE: amino acid          (C) STRANDEDNESS: single           (D) TOPOLOGY: linear    (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: peptide     (vi) ORIGINAL SOURCE:          (A) ORGANISM: Mycobacteriu #m tuberculosis    (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:35:Arg Asp Met Ala Gly Arg Phe Glu Val His Al #a Gln Thr Val Glu1               5    #                10   #                15(2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:36:      (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:          (A) LENGTH: 15 amino  #acids           (B) TYPE: amino acid          (C) STRANDEDNESS: single           (D) TOPOLOGY: linear    (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: peptide     (vi) ORIGINAL SOURCE:          (A) ORGANISM: Mycobacteriu #m tuberculosis    (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:36:Arg Phe Glu Val His Ala Gln Thr Val Glu As #p Glu Ala Arg Arg1               5    #                10   #                15(2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:37:      (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:          (A) LENGTH: 15 amino  #acids           (B) TYPE: amino acid          (C) STRANDEDNESS: single           (D) TOPOLOGY: linear    (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: peptide     (vi) ORIGINAL SOURCE:          (A) ORGANISM: Mycobacteriu #m tuberculosis    (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:37:Ala Gln Thr Val Glu Asp Glu Ala Arg Arg Me #t Trp Ala Ser Ala1               5    #                10   #                15(2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:38:      (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:          (A) LENGTH: 15 amino  #acids           (B) TYPE: amino acid          (C) STRANDEDNESS: single           (D) TOPOLOGY: linear    (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: peptide     (vi) ORIGINAL SOURCE:          (A) ORGANISM: Mycobacteriu #m tuberculosis    (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:38:Asp Glu Ala Arg Arg Met Trp Ala Ser Ala Gl #n Asn Ile Ser Gly1               5    #                10   #                15(2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:39:      (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:          (A) LENGTH: 15 amino  #acids           (B) TYPE: amino acid          (C) STRANDEDNESS: single           (D) TOPOLOGY: linear    (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: peptide     (vi) ORIGINAL SOURCE:          (A) ORGANISM: Mycobacteriu #m tuberculosis    (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:39:Met Trp Ala Ser Ala Gln Asn Ile Ser Gly Al #a Gly Trp Ser Gly1               5    #                10   #                15(2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:40:      (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:          (A) LENGTH: 15 amino  #acids           (B) TYPE: amino acid          (C) STRANDEDNESS: single           (D) TOPOLOGY: linear    (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: peptide     (vi) ORIGINAL SOURCE:          (A) ORGANISM: Mycobacteriu #m tuberculosis    (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:40:Gln Asn Ile Ser Gly Ala Gly Trp Ser Gly Me #t Ala Glu Ala Thr1               5    #                10   #                15(2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:41:      (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:          (A) LENGTH: 16 amino  #acids           (B) TYPE: amino acid          (C) STRANDEDNESS: single           (D) TOPOLOGY: linear    (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: peptide     (vi) ORIGINAL SOURCE:          (A) ORGANISM: Mycobacteriu #m tuberculosis    (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:41:Ala Gly Trp Ser Gly Met Ala Glu Ala Thr Se #r Leu Asp Thr Met Thr1               5    #                10   #                15(2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:42:      (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:          (A) LENGTH: 15 amino  #acids           (B) TYPE: amino acid          (C) STRANDEDNESS: single           (D) TOPOLOGY: linear    (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: peptide     (vi) ORIGINAL SOURCE:          (A) ORGANISM: Mycobacteriu #m tuberculosis    (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:42:Met Ala Glu Ala Thr Ser Leu Asp Thr Met Al #a Gln Met Asn Gln1               5    #                10   #                15(2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:43:      (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:          (A) LENGTH: 15 amino  #acids           (B) TYPE: amino acid          (C) STRANDEDNESS: single           (D) TOPOLOGY: linear    (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: peptide     (vi) ORIGINAL SOURCE:          (A) ORGANISM: Mycobacteriu #m tuberculosis    (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:43:Ser Leu Asp Thr Met Ala Gln Met Asn Gln Al #a Phe Arg Asn Ile1               5    #                10   #                15(2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:44:      (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:          (A) LENGTH: 15 amino  #acids           (B) TYPE: amino acid          (C) STRANDEDNESS: single           (D) TOPOLOGY: linear    (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: peptide     (vi) ORIGINAL SOURCE:          (A) ORGANISM: Mycobacteriu #m tuberculosis    (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:44:Ala Gln Met Asn Gln Ala Phe Arg Asn Ile Va #l Asn Met Leu His1               5    #                10   #                15(2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:45:      (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:          (A) LENGTH: 15 amino  #acids           (B) TYPE: amino acid          (C) STRANDEDNESS: single           (D) TOPOLOGY: linear    (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: peptide     (vi) ORIGINAL SOURCE:          (A) ORGANISM: Mycobacteriu #m tuberculosis    (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:45:Ala Phe Arg Asn Ile Val Asn Met Leu His Gl #y Val Arg Asp Gly1               5    #                10   #                15(2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:46:      (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:          (A) LENGTH: 15 amino  #acids           (B) TYPE: amino acid          (C) STRANDEDNESS: single           (D) TOPOLOGY: linear    (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: peptide     (vi) ORIGINAL SOURCE:          (A) ORGANISM: Mycobacteriu #m tuberculosis    (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:46:Val Asn Met Leu His Gly Val Arg Asp Gly Le #u Val Arg Asp Ala1               5    #                10   #                15(2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:47:      (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:          (A) LENGTH: 15 amino  #acids           (B) TYPE: amino acid          (C) STRANDEDNESS: single           (D) TOPOLOGY: linear    (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: peptide     (vi) ORIGINAL SOURCE:          (A) ORGANISM: Mycobacteriu #m tuberculosis    (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:47:Gly Val Arg Asp Gly Leu Val Arg Asp Ala As #n Asn Tyr Glu Gln1               5    #                10   #                15(2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:48:      (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:          (A) LENGTH: 15 amino  #acids           (B) TYPE: amino acid          (C) STRANDEDNESS: single           (D) TOPOLOGY: linear    (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: peptide     (vi) ORIGINAL SOURCE:          (A) ORGANISM: Mycobacteriu #m tuberculosis    (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:48:Leu Val Arg Asp Ala Asn Asn Tyr Glu Gln Gl #n Glu Gln Ala Ser1               5    #                10   #                15(2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:49:      (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:          (A) LENGTH: 16 amino  #acids           (B) TYPE: amino acid          (C) STRANDEDNESS: single           (D) TOPOLOGY: linear    (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: peptide     (vi) ORIGINAL SOURCE:          (A) ORGANISM: Mycobacteriu #m tuberculosis    (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:49:Asn Asn Tyr Glu Gln Gln Glu Gln Ala Ser Gl #n Gln Ile Leu Ser Ser1               5    #                10   #                15(2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:50:      (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:          (A) LENGTH: 17 amino  #acids           (B) TYPE: amino acid          (C) STRANDEDNESS: single           (D) TOPOLOGY: linear    (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: peptide     (vi) ORIGINAL SOURCE:          (A) ORGANISM: Mycobacteriu #m tuberculosis    (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:50:Met Ala Ser Arg Phe Met Thr Asp Pro His Al #a Met Arg Asp Met Ala1               5    #                10   #                15 Gly(2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:51:      (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:          (A) LENGTH: 15 amino  #acids           (B) TYPE: amino acid          (C) STRANDEDNESS: single           (D) TOPOLOGY: linear    (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: peptide     (vi) ORIGINAL SOURCE:          (A) ORGANISM: Mycobacteriu #m tuberculosis    (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:51:Met Thr Ile Asn Tyr Gln Phe Gly Asp Val As #p Ala His Gly Ala1               5    #                10   #                15(2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:52:      (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:          (A) LENGTH: 15 amino  #acids           (B) TYPE: amino acid          (C) STRANDEDNESS: single           (D) TOPOLOGY: linear    (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: peptide     (vi) ORIGINAL SOURCE:          (A) ORGANISM: Mycobacteriu #m tuberculosis    (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:52:Gln Phe Gly Asp Val Asp Ala His Gly Ala Me #t Ile Arg Ala Gln1               5    #                10   #                15(2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:53:      (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:          (A) LENGTH: 15 amino  #acids           (B) TYPE: amino acid          (C) STRANDEDNESS: single           (D) TOPOLOGY: linear    (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: peptide     (vi) ORIGINAL SOURCE:          (A) ORGANISM: Mycobacteriu #m tuberculosis    (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:53:Asp Ala His Gly Ala Met Ile Arg Ala Gln Al #a Ala Ser Leu Glu1               5    #                10   #                15(2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:54:      (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:          (A) LENGTH: 15 amino  #acids           (B) TYPE: amino acid          (C) STRANDEDNESS: single           (D) TOPOLOGY: linear    (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: peptide     (vi) ORIGINAL SOURCE:          (A) ORGANISM: Mycobacteriu #m tuberculosis    (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:54:Met Ile Arg Ala Gln Ala Ala Ser Leu Glu Al #a Glu His Gln Ala1               5    #                10   #                15(2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:55:      (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:          (A) LENGTH: 15 amino  #acids           (B) TYPE: amino acid          (C) STRANDEDNESS: single           (D) TOPOLOGY: linear    (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: peptide     (vi) ORIGINAL SOURCE:          (A) ORGANISM: Mycobacteriu #m tuberculosis    (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:55:Ala Ala Ser Leu Glu Ala Glu His Gln Ala Il #e Val Arg Asp Val1               5    #                10   #                15(2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:56:      (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:          (A) LENGTH: 15 amino  #acids           (B) TYPE: amino acid          (C) STRANDEDNESS: single           (D) TOPOLOGY: linear    (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: peptide     (vi) ORIGINAL SOURCE:          (A) ORGANISM: Mycobacteriu #m tuberculosis    (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:56:Ala Glu His Gln Ala Ile Val Arg Asp Val Le #u Ala Ala Gly Asp1               5    #                10   #                15(2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:57:      (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:          (A) LENGTH: 15 amino  #acids           (B) TYPE: amino acid          (C) STRANDEDNESS: single           (D) TOPOLOGY: linear    (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: peptide     (vi) ORIGINAL SOURCE:          (A) ORGANISM: Mycobacteriu #m tuberculosis    (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:57:Ile Val Arg Asp Val Leu Ala Ala Gly Asp Ph #e Trp Gly Gly Ala1               5    #                10   #                15(2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:58:      (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:          (A) LENGTH: 16 amino  #acids           (B) TYPE: amino acid          (C) STRANDEDNESS: single           (D) TOPOLOGY: linear    (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: peptide     (vi) ORIGINAL SOURCE:          (A) ORGANISM: Mycobacteriu #m tuberculosis    (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:58:Leu Ala Ala Gly Asp Phe Trp Gly Gly Ala Gl #y Ser Val Ala Cys Gln1               5    #                10   #                15(2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:59:      (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:          (A) LENGTH: 15 amino  #acids           (B) TYPE: amino acid          (C) STRANDEDNESS: single           (D) TOPOLOGY: linear    (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: peptide     (vi) ORIGINAL SOURCE:          (A) ORGANISM: Mycobacteriu #m tuberculosis    (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:59:Phe Trp Gly Gly Ala Gly Ser Val Ala Cys Gl #n Glu Phe Ile Thr1               5    #                10   #                15(2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:60:      (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:          (A) LENGTH: 15 amino  #acids           (B) TYPE: amino acid          (C) STRANDEDNESS: single           (D) TOPOLOGY: linear    (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: peptide     (vi) ORIGINAL SOURCE:          (A) ORGANISM: Mycobacteriu #m tuberculosis    (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:60:Gly Ser Val Ala Cys Gln Glu Phe Ile Thr Gl #n Leu Gly Arg Asn1               5    #                10   #                15(2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:61:      (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:          (A) LENGTH: 18 amino  #acids           (B) TYPE: amino acid          (C) STRANDEDNESS: single           (D) TOPOLOGY: linear    (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: peptide     (vi) ORIGINAL SOURCE:          (A) ORGANISM: Mycobacteriu #m tuberculosis    (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:61:Gln Glu Phe Ile Thr Gln Leu Gly Arg Asn Ph #e Gln Val Ile Tyr Glu1               5    #                10   #                15 Gln Ala(2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:62:      (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:          (A) LENGTH: 15 amino  #acids           (B) TYPE: amino acid          (C) STRANDEDNESS: single           (D) TOPOLOGY: linear    (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: peptide     (vi) ORIGINAL SOURCE:          (A) ORGANISM: Mycobacteriu #m tuberculosis    (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:62:Arg Asn Phe Gln Val Ile Tyr Glu Gln Ala As #n Ala His Gly Gln1               5    #                10   #                15(2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:63:      (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:          (A) LENGTH: 15 amino  #acids           (B) TYPE: amino acid          (C) STRANDEDNESS: single           (D) TOPOLOGY: linear    (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: peptide     (vi) ORIGINAL SOURCE:          (A) ORGANISM: Mycobacteriu #m tuberculosis    (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:63:Ile Tyr Glu Gln Ala Asn Ala His Gly Gln Ly #s Val Gln Ala Ala1               5    #                10   #                15(2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:64:      (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:          (A) LENGTH: 15 amino  #acids           (B) TYPE: amino acid          (C) STRANDEDNESS: single           (D) TOPOLOGY: linear    (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: peptide     (vi) ORIGINAL SOURCE:          (A) ORGANISM: Mycobacteriu #m tuberculosis    (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:64:Asn Ala His Gly Gln Lys Val Gln Ala Ala Gl #y Asn Asn Met Ala1               5    #                10   #                15(2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:65:      (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:          (A) LENGTH: 15 amino  #acids           (B) TYPE: amino acid          (C) STRANDEDNESS: single           (D) TOPOLOGY: linear    (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: peptide     (vi) ORIGINAL SOURCE:          (A) ORGANISM: Mycobacteriu #m tuberculosis    (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:65:Lys Val Gln Ala Ala Gly Asn Asn Met Ala Gl #n Thr Asp Ser Ala1               5    #                10   #                15(2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:66:      (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:          (A) LENGTH: 16 amino  #acids           (B) TYPE: amino acid          (C) STRANDEDNESS: single           (D) TOPOLOGY: linear    (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: peptide     (vi) ORIGINAL SOURCE:          (A) ORGANISM: Mycobacteriu #m tuberculosis    (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:66:Gly Asn Asn Met Ala Gln Thr Asp Ser Ala Va #l Gly Ser Ser Trp Ala1               5    #                10   #                15(2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:67:      (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:          (A) LENGTH: 15 amino  #acids           (B) TYPE: amino acid          (C) STRANDEDNESS: single           (D) TOPOLOGY: linear    (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: peptide     (vi) ORIGINAL SOURCE:          (A) ORGANISM: Mycobacteriu #m tuberculosis    (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:67:Asp Ala His Gly Ala Met Ile Arg Ala Leu Al #a Gly Leu Leu Glu1               5    #                10   #                15(2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:68:      (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:          (A) LENGTH: 15 amino  #acids           (B) TYPE: amino acid          (C) STRANDEDNESS: single           (D) TOPOLOGY: linear    (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: peptide     (vi) ORIGINAL SOURCE:          (A) ORGANISM: Mycobacteriu #m tuberculosis    (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:68:Asp Ala His Gly Ala Met Ile Arg Ala Gln Al #a Gly Leu Leu Glu1               5    #                10   #                15(2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:69:      (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:          (A) LENGTH: 15 amino  #acids           (B) TYPE: amino acid          (C) STRANDEDNESS: single           (D) TOPOLOGY: linear    (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: peptide     (vi) ORIGINAL SOURCE:          (A) ORGANISM: Mycobacteriu #m tuberculosis    (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:69:Met Ile Arg Ala Leu Ala Gly Leu Leu Glu Al #a Glu His Gln Ala1               5    #                10   #                15(2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:70:      (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:          (A) LENGTH: 15 amino  #acids           (B) TYPE: amino acid          (C) STRANDEDNESS: single           (D) TOPOLOGY: linear    (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: peptide     (vi) ORIGINAL SOURCE:          (A) ORGANISM: Mycobacteriu #m tuberculosis    (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:70:Met Ile Arg Ala Gln Ala Gly Leu Leu Glu Al #a Glu His Gln Ala1               5    #                10   #                15(2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:71:      (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:          (A) LENGTH: 15 amino  #acids           (B) TYPE: amino acid          (C) STRANDEDNESS: single           (D) TOPOLOGY: linear    (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: peptide     (vi) ORIGINAL SOURCE:          (A) ORGANISM: Mycobacteriu #m tuberculosis    (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:71:Ala Gly Leu Leu Glu Ala Glu His Gln Ala Il #e Ile Ser Asp Val1               5    #                10   #                15(2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:72:      (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:          (A) LENGTH: 15 amino  #acids           (B) TYPE: amino acid          (C) STRANDEDNESS: single           (D) TOPOLOGY: linear    (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: peptide     (vi) ORIGINAL SOURCE:          (A) ORGANISM: Mycobacteriu #m tuberculosis    (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:72:Ala Gly Leu Leu Glu Ala Glu His Gln Ala Il #e Ile Arg Asp Val1               5    #                10   #                15(2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:73:      (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:          (A) LENGTH: 15 amino  #acids           (B) TYPE: amino acid          (C) STRANDEDNESS: single           (D) TOPOLOGY: linear    (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: peptide     (vi) ORIGINAL SOURCE:          (A) ORGANISM: Mycobacteriu #m tuberculosis    (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:73:Ala Glu His Gln Ala Ile Ile Ser Asp Val Le #u Thr Ala Ser Asp1               5    #                10   #                15(2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:74:      (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:          (A) LENGTH: 15 amino  #acids           (B) TYPE: amino acid          (C) STRANDEDNESS: single           (D) TOPOLOGY: linear    (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: peptide     (vi) ORIGINAL SOURCE:          (A) ORGANISM: Mycobacteriu #m tuberculosis    (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:74:Ala Glu His Gln Ala Ile Ile Arg Asp Val Le #u Thr Ala Ser Asp1               5    #                10   #                15(2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:75:      (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:          (A) LENGTH: 15 amino  #acids           (B) TYPE: amino acid          (C) STRANDEDNESS: single           (D) TOPOLOGY: linear    (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: peptide     (vi) ORIGINAL SOURCE:          (A) ORGANISM: Mycobacteriu #m tuberculosis    (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:75:Ile Ile Ser Asp Val Leu Thr Ala Ser Asp Ph #e Trp Gly Gly Ala1               5    #                10   #                15(2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:76:      (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:          (A) LENGTH: 15 amino  #acids           (B) TYPE: amino acid          (C) STRANDEDNESS: single           (D) TOPOLOGY: linear    (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: peptide     (vi) ORIGINAL SOURCE:          (A) ORGANISM: Mycobacteriu #m tuberculosis    (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:76:Ile Ile Arg Asp Val Leu Thr Ala Ser Asp Ph #e Trp Gly Gly Ala1               5    #                10   #                15(2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:77:      (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:          (A) LENGTH: 16 amino  #acids           (B) TYPE: amino acid          (C) STRANDEDNESS: single           (D) TOPOLOGY: linear    (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: peptide     (vi) ORIGINAL SOURCE:          (A) ORGANISM: Mycobacteriu #m tuberculosis    (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:77:Leu Thr Ala Ser Asp Phe Trp Gly Gly Ala Gl #y Ser Ala Ala Cys Gln1               5    #                10   #                15(2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:78:      (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:          (A) LENGTH: 15 amino  #acids           (B) TYPE: amino acid          (C) STRANDEDNESS: single           (D) TOPOLOGY: linear    (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: peptide     (vi) ORIGINAL SOURCE:          (A) ORGANISM: Mycobacteriu #m tuberculosis    (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:78:Phe Trp Gly Gly Ala Gly Ser Ala Ala Cys Gl #n Gly Phe Ile Thr1               5    #                10   #                15(2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:79:      (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:          (A) LENGTH: 15 amino  #acids           (B) TYPE: amino acid          (C) STRANDEDNESS: single           (D) TOPOLOGY: linear    (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: peptide     (vi) ORIGINAL SOURCE:          (A) ORGANISM: Mycobacteriu #m tuberculosis    (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:79:Gly Ser Ala Ala Cys Gln Gly Phe Ile Thr Gl #n Leu Gly Arg Asn1               5    #                10   #                15(2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:80:      (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:          (A) LENGTH: 15 amino  #acids           (B) TYPE: amino acid          (C) STRANDEDNESS: single           (D) TOPOLOGY: linear    (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: peptide     (vi) ORIGINAL SOURCE:          (A) ORGANISM: Mycobacteriu #m tuberculosis    (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:80:Gln Gly Phe Ile Thr Gln Leu Gly Arg Asn Ph #e Gln Val Ile Tyr1               5    #                10   #                15(2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:81:      (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:          (A) LENGTH: 25 amino  #acids           (B) TYPE: amino acid          (C) STRANDEDNESS: single           (D) TOPOLOGY: linear    (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: peptide     (vi) ORIGINAL SOURCE:          (A) ORGANISM: Mycobacteriu #m tuberculosis    (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:81:Val Thr Thr Asn Phe Phe Gly Val Asn Thr Il #e Pro Ile Ala Leu Asn1               5    #                10   #                15Glu Ala Asp Tyr Leu Arg Met Trp Ile             20       #            25(2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:82:      (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:          (A) LENGTH: 25 amino  #acids           (B) TYPE: amino acid          (C) STRANDEDNESS: single           (D) TOPOLOGY: linear    (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: peptide     (vi) ORIGINAL SOURCE:          (A) ORGANISM: Mycobacteriu #m tuberculosis    (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:82:Asn Glu Ala Asp Tyr Leu Arg Met Trp Ile Gl #n Ala Ala Thr Val Met1               5    #                10   #                15Ser His Tyr Gln Ala Val Ala His Glu             20       #            25(2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:83:      (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:          (A) LENGTH: 967 base  #pairs           (B) TYPE: nucleic acid          (C) STRANDEDNESS: single           (D) TOPOLOGY: linear    (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: cDNA    (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:83:TGAGCGCCAA CCCTACCGTC GGTTCGTCAC ACGGACCGCA TGGCCTGCTC CG#CGGACTGC     60CGCTAGGGTC GCGGATCACT CGGCGTAGCG GCGCCTTTGC CCACCGATAT GG#GTTCCGTC    120ACAGTGTGGT TGCCCGCCCG CCATCGGCCG GATAACGCCA TGACCTCAGC TC#GGCAGAAA    180TGACAATGCT CCCAAAGGCG TGAGCACCCG AAGACAACTA AGCAGGAGAT CG#CATGCCGT    240TTGTGACTAC CCAACCAGAA GCACTGGCGG CGGCGGCCGG CAGTCTGCAG GG#AATCGGCT    300CCGCATTGAA CGCCCAGAAT GCGGCTGCGG CGACTCCCAC GACGGGGGTG GT#CCGGCGGC    360CGCCGATGAA NTGTCGGCGC TGACGGCGGC TCAGTTCGCG GCACACGCCC AG#ATCTATCA    420GGCCGTCAGC GCCCAGGCCG CGGCGATTCA CGAGATGTTC GTCAACACTC TA#CAGATGAG    480CTCAGGGTCG TATGCTGCTA CCGAGGCCGC CAACGCGGCC GCGGCCGGNT AG#AGGAGTCA    540CTGCGATGGA TTTTGGGGCG TTGCCGCCGG AGGTCAATTC GGTGCGGATG TA#TGCCGTTC    600CTGGCTCGGC ACCAATGGTC GCTGCGGCGT CGGCCTGGAA CGGGTTGGCC GC#GGAGCTGA    660GTTCGGCGGC CACCGGTTAT GAGACGGTGA TCACTCAGCT CAGCAGTGAG GG#GTGGCTAG    720GTCCGGCGTC AGCGGCGATG GCCGAGGCAG TTGCGCCGTA TGTGGCGTGG AT#GAGTGCCG    780CTGCGGCGCA AGCCGAGCAG GCGGCCACAC AGGCCAGGGC CGCCGCGGCC GC#TTTTGAGG    840CGGCGTTTGC CGCGACGGTG CCTCCGCCGT TGATCGCGGC CAACCGGGCT TC#GTTGATGC    900AGCTGATCTC GACGAATGTC TTTGGTCAGA ACACCTCGGC GATCGCGGCC GC#CGAAGCTC    960 AGTACGG                  #                  #                   #         967 (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:84:     (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:           (A) LENGTH: 15 amino #acids           (B) TYPE: amino acid           (C) STRANDEDNESS: single          (D) TOPOLOGY: linear     (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: peptide    (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:84:Met Ser Phe Val Thr Thr Gln Pro Glu Ala Le #u Ala Ala Ala Ala 1               5   #                10   #                15(2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:85:      (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:          (A) LENGTH: 15 amino  #acids           (B) TYPE: amino acid          (C) STRANDEDNESS: single           (D) TOPOLOGY: linear    (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: peptide    (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:85:Thr Gln Pro Glu Ala Leu Ala Ala Ala Ala Al #a Asn Leu Gln Gly 1               5   #                10   #                15(2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:86:      (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:          (A) LENGTH: 15 amino  #acids           (B) TYPE: amino acid          (C) STRANDEDNESS: single           (D) TOPOLOGY: linear    (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: peptide    (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:86:Leu Ala Ala Ala Ala Ala Asn Leu Gln Gly Il #e Gly Thr Thr Met 1               5   #                10   #                15(2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:87:      (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:          (A) LENGTH: 15 amino  #acids           (B) TYPE: amino acid          (C) STRANDEDNESS: single           (D) TOPOLOGY: linear    (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: peptide    (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:87:Ala Asn Leu Gln Gly Ile Gly Thr Thr Met As #n Ala Gln Asn Ala 1               5   #                10   #                15(2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:88:      (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:          (A) LENGTH: 15 amino  #acids           (B) TYPE: amino acid          (C) STRANDEDNESS: single           (D) TOPOLOGY: linear    (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: peptide    (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:88:Ile Gly Thr Thr Met Asn Ala Gln Asn Ala Al #a Ala Ala Ala Pro 1               5   #                10   #                15(2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:89:      (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:          (A) LENGTH: 15 amino  #acids           (B) TYPE: amino acid          (C) STRANDEDNESS: single           (D) TOPOLOGY: linear    (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: peptide    (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:89:Asn Ala Gln Asn Ala Ala Ala Ala Ala Pro Th #r Thr Gly Val Val 1               5   #                10   #                15(2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:90:      (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:          (A) LENGTH: 15 amino  #acids           (B) TYPE: amino acid          (C) STRANDEDNESS: single           (D) TOPOLOGY: linear    (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: peptide    (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:90:Ala Ala Ala Ala Pro Thr Thr Gly Val Val Pr #o Ala Ala Ala Asp 1               5   #                10   #                15(2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:91:      (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:          (A) LENGTH: 15 amino  #acids           (B) TYPE: amino acid          (C) STRANDEDNESS: single           (D) TOPOLOGY: linear    (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: peptide    (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:91:Thr Thr Gly Val Val Pro Ala Ala Ala Asp Gl #u Val Ser Ala Leu 1               5   #                10   #                15(2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:92:      (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:          (A) LENGTH: 15 amino  #acids           (B) TYPE: amino acid          (C) STRANDEDNESS: single           (D) TOPOLOGY: linear    (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: peptide    (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:92:Pro Ala Ala Ala Asp Glu Val Ser Ala Leu Th #r Ala Ala Gln Phe 1               5   #                10   #                15(2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:93:      (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:          (A) LENGTH: 15 amino  #acids           (B) TYPE: amino acid          (C) STRANDEDNESS: single           (D) TOPOLOGY: linear    (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: peptide    (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:93:Glu Val Ser Ala Leu Thr Ala Ala Gln Phe Al #a Ala His Ala Gln 1               5   #                10   #                15(2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:94:      (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:          (A) LENGTH: 15 amino  #acids           (B) TYPE: amino acid          (C) STRANDEDNESS: single           (D) TOPOLOGY: linear    (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: peptide    (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:94:Thr Ala Ala Gln Phe Ala Ala His Ala Gln Me #t Tyr Gln Thr Val 1               5   #                10   #                15(2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:95:      (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:          (A) LENGTH: 15 amino  #acids           (B) TYPE: amino acid          (C) STRANDEDNESS: single           (D) TOPOLOGY: linear    (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: peptide    (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:95:Ala Ala His Ala Gln Met Tyr Gln Thr Val Se #r Ala Gln Ala Ala 1               5   #                10   #                15(2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:96:      (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:          (A) LENGTH: 16 amino  #acids           (B) TYPE: amino acid          (C) STRANDEDNESS: single           (D) TOPOLOGY: linear    (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: peptide    (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:96:Met Tyr Gln Thr Val Ser Ala Gln Ala Ala Al #a Ile His Glu Met Phe 1               5   #                10   #                15(2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:97:      (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:          (A) LENGTH: 15 amino  #acids           (B) TYPE: amino acid          (C) STRANDEDNESS: single           (D) TOPOLOGY: linear    (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: peptide    (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:97:Ser Ala Gln Ala Ala Ala Ile His Glu Met Ph #e Val Asn Thr Leu 1               5   #                10   #                15(2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:98:      (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:          (A) LENGTH: 15 amino  #acids           (B) TYPE: amino acid          (C) STRANDEDNESS: single           (D) TOPOLOGY: linear    (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: peptide    (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:98:Ala Ile His Glu Met Phe Val Asn Thr Leu Va #l Ala Ser Ser Gly 1               5   #                10   #                15(2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:99:      (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:          (A) LENGTH: 15 amino  #acids           (B) TYPE: amino acid          (C) STRANDEDNESS: single           (D) TOPOLOGY: linear    (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: peptide    (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:99:Phe Val Asn Thr Leu Val Ala Ser Ser Gly Se #r Tyr Ala Ala Thr 1               5   #                10   #                15(2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:100:      (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:          (A) LENGTH: 15 amino  #acids           (B) TYPE: amino acid          (C) STRANDEDNESS: single           (D) TOPOLOGY: linear    (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: peptide    (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:100:Val Ala Ser Ser Gly Ser Tyr Ala Ala Thr Gl #u Ala Ala Asn Ala 1               5   #                10   #                15(2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:101:      (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:          (A) LENGTH: 14 amino  #acids           (B) TYPE: amino acid          (C) STRANDEDNESS: single           (D) TOPOLOGY: linear    (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: peptide    (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:101:Ser Tyr Ala Ala Thr Glu Ala Ala Asn Ala Al #a Ala Ala Gly 1               5   #                10(2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:102:      (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:          (A) LENGTH: 1784 base  #pairs           (B) TYPE: nucleic acid          (C) STRANDEDNESS: single           (D) TOPOLOGY: linear    (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: cDNA    (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:102:ATTCGTTCCT GCCGCAGCTA AATCCCGGGG ACATCGTCGC CGGCCAGTAC GA#GGTCAAAG     60GCTGCATCGC GCACGGCGGA CTGGGCTGGA TCTACCTCGC TCTCGACCGC AA#TGTCAACG    120GCCGTCCGGT GGTGCTCAAG GGCCTGGTGC ATTCCGGTGA TGCCGAAGCG CA#GGCAATGG    180CGATGGCCGA ACGCCAGTTC CTGGCCGAGG TGGTGCACCC GTCGATCGTG CA#GATCTTCA    240ACTTTGTCGA GCACACCGAC AGGCACGGGG ATCCGGTCGG CTACATCGTG AT#GGAATACG    300TCGGCGGGCA ATCGCTCAAA CGCAGCAAGG GTCANAAACT GCCCGTCGCG GA#GGCCATCG    360CCTACCTGCT GGAGATCCTG CCGGCGCTGA GCTACCTGCA TTCCATCGGC TT#GGTCTACA    420ACGACCTGAA GCCGGAAAAC ATCATGCTGA CCGAGGAACA GCTCAAGCTG AT#CGACCTGG    480GCGCGGTATC GCGGATCAAC TCGTTCGGCT ACCTCTACGG GACCCCAGGC TT#CCAGGCGC    540CCGAGATCGT GCGGACCGGT CCGACGGTGG CCACCGACAT CTACACCGTG GG#ACGCACGC    600TCGCGGCGCT CACGCTGGAC CTGCCCACCC GCAATGGCCG TTATGTGGAT GG#GCTACCCG    660AAGACGACCC GGTGCTGAAA ACCTACGACT CTTACGGCCG GTTGCTGCGC AG#GGCCATCG    720ACCCCGATCC GCGGCAACGG TTCACCACCG CCGAAGAGAT GTCCGCGCAA TT#GACGGGCG    780TGTTGCGGGA GGTGGTCGCC CAGACACCGG GGTGCCGCGG CCAGGCTATC AA#CGATCTTC    840AGTCCCAGTC GGTCGACATT TGGAGTGGAC TGCTGGTGGC GCACACCGAC GT#GTATCTGG    900ACGGGCAGGT GCACGCGGAG AAGCTGACCG CCAACGAGAT CGTGACCGCG CT#GTCGGTGC    960CGCTGGTCGA TCCGACCGAC GTCGCAGCTT CGGTCCTGCA GGCCACGGTG CT#CTCCCAGC   1020CGGTGCAGAC CCTAGACTCG NTGCGCGCGG CCCGCCACGG TGCGCTGGAC GC#CGACGGCG   1080TCGATTNTCC GAGTCAGTGG AGCTGCCGCT AATGGAAGTC CGCGCGCTGC TG#GATCTCGG   1140CGATGTGGCC AAGGCCACCC GAAAACTCGA CGATCTGGCC GAACGCGTTG GC#TGGCGATG   1200GCGATTGGTC TGGTACCGGG CCGTCGCCGA GCTGCTCACC GGCGACTATG AC#TCGGCCAC   1260CAAACATTTC ACCGAGGTGC TGGATACCTT TCCCGGCGAG CTGGCGCCCA AG#CTCGCCCT   1320GGCCGCCACC GCCGAACTAG CCGGCAACAC CGACGAACAC AAGTTCTATC AG#ACGGTGTG   1380GAGCACCAAC GACGGCGTGA TCTCGGCGGC TTTCGGACTG GCCAGAGCCC GG#TCGGCCGA   1440AGGTGATCGG GTCGGCGCCG TGCGCACGCT CGACGAGGTA CCGCCCACTT CT#CGGCATTT   1500CACCACGGCA CGGCTGACCA GCGCGGTGAC TCTGTTGTCC GGCCGGTCAA CG#AGTGAAGT   1560CACCGAGGAA CAGATCCGCG ACGCCGCCCG AAGAGTGGAG GCGCTGCCCC CG#ACCGAACC   1620ACGCGTGCTG CAGATCCGCG CCCTGGTGCT GGGTGGCGCG CTGGACTGGC TG#AAGGACAA   1680CAAGGCCAGC ACCAACCACA TCCTCGGTTT CCCGTTCACC AGTCACGGGC TG#CGGCTGGG   1740 TGTCGAGGCG TCACTGCGCA GCCTGGCCCG GGTAGCTCCC ACTC   #                 178 #4 (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:103:     (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:           (A) LENGTH: 766 base #pairs           (B) TYPE: nucleic acid          (C) STRANDEDNESS: single           (D) TOPOLOGY: linear    (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: cDNA    (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:103:ACAARACACT CGGYGGCKGC CGMTCCGGCC TGATCGTCGG TGATCAGCYT CG#TGCCAAAY     60TCGGCACAAG GTGCGCGCTR CCCAANGAGT TCTTCGCCGC RGTGCGMGCM KA#ACTGGCCT    120ATCNTGGTTG GGTGCCGTCC CGCANAACCC GCGAACTTAA ACCCATTTTA AC#CGGGCAGG    180AAGTTTCCTA CATYTACCCN RGSMANCCAA CCGGGCCGCC NANAAMTCCG TC#CTGGANTC    240CGANCGGTTC CCGGTGTTCG CCGCACTGCT GACCGGCACG GARTATCCGC AG#GCGGCGTT    300GGCCAACGCG TGGGTGCAAC TGGCCTACGG TGCGCACCAS GACGCCATCA CC#GGCTCGGA    360GTCCGACCAG GTACTCAATG CTGGCGACCA CACCAGCCAG CAGACCAAAC TG#GTGCACGC    420CGATCTCCAG GCGCGCCGGC CCGGTGGCAT ACGGATTGGT CGAAACCAAT CC#GAAGGAAT    480TCATCACGGA CGGTCACGGA AAACGATCGC CCCAATGGGN GGACNACCCN AG#CCAGGCGN    540ATTNACCGTT NAACAAGTTG GNGTAGGTTC TTTGATATCG AKCAACCGAT AC#GGAKCGGM    600CCGCGGAATG GTAGACCACC ACCAGTGCCC NCAMGTMGTG CACCAGTTTG GT#CATCGCCC    660GCAGATCGGT GACCCCGCCA AGCGTTCCGG ATGCGGAGAT GASGGTGACC AG#CCYGGTTG    720 ACCTGTTGAT CAGGTTNTCC CAGTGCCACG TCGGCAGCTG GCCGGT   #                766 (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:104:     (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:           (A) LENGTH: 1231 base #pairs           (B) TYPE: nucleic acid          (C) STRANDEDNESS: single           (D) TOPOLOGY: linear    (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: cDNA    (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:104:CGGCACGAGA ATGTCGCCTG TGCCTCGATA GCCACTTGCG TGTGGTCGCG CT#GCCAGCGG     60GTCAGCCAGG TCGCCTGGTC CAGGCCATCG GGCCGGCGCA GGAGCGCGAT GT#TGGCCAGA    120CCCGGTGTAC GAGAACCGGA CTCGACNAAG TGTCGGCGCT GACGGCGGCT CA#GTTCGCGG    180CACACGCCCA GATCTATCAG GCCGTCAGCG CCCAGGCCGC GGCGATTCAC GA#GATGTTCG    240TCAACACTCT ACAGATNANC TCAGGGTCGT ATGCTGCTAC CGAGGCCGCC AA#CGCGGCCG    300CGGCCGGCTA GAGGAGTCAC TGCGATGGAT TTTGGGGCGT TGCCGCCGGA GG#TCAATTCG    360GTGCGGATGT ATGCCGGTCC TGGCTCGGCA CCAATGGTCG CTGCGGCGTC GG#CCTGGAAC    420GGGTTGGCCG CGGAGCTGAG TTCGGCGGCC ACCGGTTATG AGACGGTGAT CA#CTCAGCTC    480AGCAGTGAGG GGTGGCTAGG TCCGGCGTCA GCGGCGATGG CCGAGGCAGT TG#CGCCGTAT    540GTGGCGTGGA TGAGTGCCGC TGCGGCGCAA GCCGAGCAGG CGGCCACACA GG#CCAGGGCC    600GCCGCGGCCG CTTTTGAGGC GGCGTTTGCC GCGACGGTGC CTCCGCCGTT GA#TCGCGGCC    660AACCGGGCTT CGTTGATGCA GCTGATCTCG ACGAATGTCT TTGGTCAGAA CA#CCTCGGCG    720ATCGCGGCCG CCGAAGCTCA GTACGGCGAG ATGTGGGCCC AAGACTCCGC GG#CGATGTAT    780GCCTACGCGG GCAGTTCGGC GAGCGCCTCG GCGGTCACGC CGTTTAGCAC GC#CGCCGCAG    840ATTGCCAACC CGACCGCTCA GGGTACGCAG GCCGCGGCCG TGGCCACCGC CG#CCGGTACC    900GCCCAGTCGA CGCTGACGGA GATGATCACC GGGCTACCCA ACGCGCTGCA AA#GCCTCACC    960TCACNTCTGT TGCAGTCGTC TAACGGTCCG CTGTCGTGGC TGTGGCAGAT CT#TGTTCGGC   1020ACGCCCAATT TCCCCACCTC AATTTCGGCA CTGCTGACCG ACCTGCAGCC CT#ACGCGAGC   1080TTNTTNTATA ACACCGAGGG CCTGCCGTAC TTCAGCATCG GCATGGGCAA CA#ACTTCATT   1140CAGTCGGCCA AGACCCTGGG ATTGATCGGC TAGGCGGCAC CGGCTGCGGT CG#CGGNTGCT   1200 GGGGATNCCG CCAAGGGCTT GCCTCGTGCC G        #                   #        1231 (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:105:     (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:           (A) LENGTH: 2041 base #pairs           (B) TYPE: nucleic acid          (C) STRANDEDNESS: single           (D) TOPOLOGY: linear    (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: cDNA    (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:105:CGGCACGAGC TCGTGCCGAT CAGTGCCATT GACGGCTTGT ACGACCTTCT GG#GGATTGGA     60ATACCCAACC AAGGGGGTAT CCTTTACTCC TCACTAGAGT ACTTCGAAAA AG#CCCTGGAG    120GAGCTGGCAG CAGCGTTTCC GGGTGATGGC TGGTTAGGTT CGGCCGCGGA CA#AATACGCC    180GGCAAAAACC GCAACCACGT GAATTTTTTC CAGGAACTGG CAGACCTCGA TC#GTCAGCTC    240ATCAGCCTGA TCCACGACCA GGCCAACGCG GTCCAGACGA CCCGCGACAT CC#TGGAGGGC    300GCCAAGAAAG GTCTCGAGTT CGTGCGCCCG GTGGCTGTGG ACCTGACCTA CA#TCCCGGTC    360GTCGGGCACG CCCTATCGGC CGCCTTCCAN GCGCCGTTTT GCGCGGGCGC GA#TGGCCGTA    420GTGGGCGGCG CGCTTGCCTA CTTGGTCGTG AAAACGCTGA TCAACGCGAC TC#AACTCCTC    480AAATTGCTTG CCAAATTGGC GGAGTTGGTC GCGGCCGCCA TTGCGGACAT CA#TTTCGGAT    540GTGGCGGACA TCATCAAGGG CATCCTCGGA GAAGTGTGGG AGTTCATCAC AA#ACGCGCTC    600AACGGCCTGA AAGAGCTTTG GGACAAGCTC ACGGGGTGGG TGACCGGACT GT#TCTCTCGA    660GGGTGGTCGA ACCTGGAGTC CTTCTTTGCG GGCGTCCCCG GCTTGACCGG CG#CGACCAGC    720GGCTTGTCGC AAGTGACTGG CTTGTTCGGT GCGGCCGGTC TGTCCGCATC GT#CGGGCTTG    780GCTCACGCGG ATAGCCTGGC GAGCTCAGCC AGCTTGCCCG CCCTGGCCGG CA#TTGGGGGC    840GGGTCCGGTT TTGGGGGCTT GCCGAGCCTG GCTCAGGTCC ATGCCGCCTC AA#CTCGGCAG    900GCGCTACGGC CCCGAGCTGA TGGCCCGGTC GGCGCCGCTG CCGAGCAGGT CG#GCGGGCAG    960TCGCAGCTGG TCTCCGCGCA GGGTTCCCAA GGTATGGGCG GACCCGTAGG CA#TGGGCGGC   1020ATGCACCCCT CTTCGGGGGC GTCGAAAGGG ACGACGACGA AGAAGTACTC GG#AAGGCGCG   1080GCGGCGGGCA CTGAAGACGC CGAGCGCGCG CCAGTCGAAG CTGACGCGGG CG#GTGGGCAA   1140AAGGTGCTGG TACGAAACGT CGTCTAACGG CATGGCGAGC CAAATCCATT GC#TAGCCAGC   1200GCCTAACAAC GCGCAATGCT AAACGGAAGG GACACGATCA ATGACGGAAA AC#TTGACCGT   1260CCAGCCCGAG CGTCTCGGTG TACTGGCGTC GCACCATGAC AACGCGGCGG TC#GATGCNTC   1320CTCGGGCGTC GAAGCTGCCG CTGGCCTAGG CGAATCTGTG GCGATCACTC AC#GGTCCGTA   1380CTGCTCACAG TTCAACGACA CGTTAAATGT GTACTTGACT GCCCACAATG CC#CTGGGCTC   1440GTCCTTGCAT ACGGCCGGTG TCGATCTCGC CAAAAGTCTT CGAATTGCGG CG#AAGATATA   1500TAGCGAGGCC GACGAAGCGT GGCGCAAGGC TATCGACGGG TTGTTTACCT GA#CCACGTTT   1560GCTGCCCGCA GTGCAGGCCA CGACGTAGCG CAGGTCGTGT CCCTCGTAGG CG#TGGATGCG   1620ACCGGCCAGC ACCAGCACCC GGTGCGCACC GATGGGCACG GACAGTAGCT CG#CCCGCATG   1680CCCGGCTGCG GTTGGCGGCA CAAACCCGGG CAGTTCGGCC TGCGGCAGCA CG#GTGGTNGG   1740GGAGCCCAAC GCCGCAACGG CCGGTAACCA TCCCGACCCG AGCACGACCG AG#ACGTCATG   1800TTCGCCGATC CCGGTGCGGT CAGCGATGAC CTGCGCCGCC CGCCGGGCCA GT#TTGTCGGG   1860ATCGGGGCGC GGGTCAGCCA CACTGGGCGA GCTTAACTGA GCCGCTCGCC GG#GGAGCGGG   1920TGCTNGTCGA TGAGATACTG CGAGCATGCC AGCAGCCAGC GCATCCGACC GC#GTCGAGGA   1980ATTGGTGCGG CGCCGTGGTG GCGAGCTGGT CGAGCTGTCC CATGCCATCC AC#CTCGTGCC   2040 G                   #                  #                   #             2041(2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:106:      (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:          (A) LENGTH: 1202 base  #pairs           (B) TYPE: nucleic acid          (C) STRANDEDNESS: single           (D) TOPOLOGY: linear    (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: cDNA    (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:106:GAGCTCACCG CTATCAACCA ATACTTTCTG CACTCCAAGA TGCAGGACAA CT#GGGGTTTT     60ACCGAGCTGG CGGCCCACAC CCGCGCGGAG TCGTTCGACG AAATGCGGCA CG#CCGAGGAA    120ATCACCGATC GCATCTTGTT GCTGGATGGT TTGCCGAACT ACCAGCGCAT CG#GTTCGTTG    180CGTATCGGCC AGACGCTCCG CGAGCAATTT GAGGCCGATC TGGCGATCGA AT#ACGACGTG    240TTGAATCGTC TCAAGCCAGG AATCGTCATG TGCCGGGAGA AACAGGACAC CA#CCAGCGCC    300GTACTGCTGG AGAAAATCGT TGCCGACGAG GAAGAACACA TCGACTACTT GG#AAACGCAG    360CTGGAGCTGA TGGACAAGCT AGGAGAGGAG CTTTACTCGG CGCAGTGCGT CT#CTCGCCCA    420CCGACCTGAT GCCCGCTTGA GGATTCTCCG ATACCACTCC GGGCGCCGCT GA#CAAGCTCT    480AGCATCGACT CGAACAGCGA TGGGAGGGCG GATATGGCGG GCCCCACAGC AC#CGACCACT    540GCCCCCACCG CAATCCGAGC CGGTGGCCCG CTGCTCAGTC CGGTGCGACG CA#ACATTATT    600TTCACCGCAC TTGTGTTCGG GGTGCTGGTC GCTGCGACCG GCCAAACCAT CG#TTGTGCCC    660GCATTGCCGA CGATCGTCGC CGAGCTGGGC AGCACCGTTG ACCAGTCGTG GG#CGGTCACC    720AGCTATCTGC TGGGGGGAAC ACTSKYGKKK KTGKKGKSKS KSRMRMKCTC GG#TGATCTGC    780TCGGCCGCAA CAGGGTGCTG CTAGGCTCCG TCGTGGTCTT CGTCGTTGGC TC#TGTGCTGT    840GCGGGTTATC GCAGACGATG ACCATGCTGG CGATCTCTCG CGCACTGCAG GG#CGTCGGTG    900CCGGTGCGAT TTCCGTCACC GCCTACGCGC TGGCCGCTGA GGTGGTCCCA CT#GCGGGACC    960GTGGCCGCTA CCAGGGCGTC TTANGTGCGG TGTTCGGTGT CAACACGGTC AC#CGGTCCGC   1020TGCTGGGGGG CTGGCTCACC GACTATCTGA GCTGGCGGTG GGCGTTCCGA CC#ACCAGCCC   1080CATCACCGAC CCGATCGCGG TCATCGCGGC GAACACCGCC CTCGCGGCGT TG#CGGGCAGG   1140TCCCTTGGGG AACGTGGTCC CACAGCGCCA GAACGGTCGG AAATGCGATG GC#CGACCCAC   1200 AC                   #                  #                   #            1202 (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:107:     (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:           (A) LENGTH: 496 base #pairs           (B) TYPE: nucleic acid          (C) STRANDEDNESS: single           (D) TOPOLOGY: linear    (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: cDNA    (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:107:GGCGGCGGCA GTTGGCCAGC AGTTNGGGCG GGGGAGCCGG TTCGGNGACC AA#GAAATCGG     60CCTGGGCAAG CAGCCGGGAC CGCGNACCGT GATCAGTTNG GATCGCCGGG AC#CGCCGCCG    120ACCAANGCCA TTCCGCCGNT GAGGAAGTCG GAANTNTGCG CAGTGATGAC GC#CCTGCTGC    180AACGCNTCCC GGATTGCCGA GCGGATCGCC GCCGAACGGC GGTGCTCACC AC#CGGCGAGC    240ACCCCTACNG ACAGGCCCGC ATAGCTGAAT GACGCCGGGT NACCGCCGTC CC#NTCCACCG    300NGANATCGGC CCGGANGCAA AAGATCCGTC GGCGCTCCGC CTCGGCGACG AC#AGCCACGT    360TCACCCGCGC GTTATCGGTG GCCGCGATCG CATACCAGGC GCCGTCAAGG TN#GCCGTYGC    420GGTAGTCACG CACCGACAAG GTGATYTGGT CCATCGCCTN GACGGCGGGG GT#GACGCTGG    480 GGGCGATCAM GTGCAC              #                  #                   #   496 (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:108:     (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:           (A) LENGTH: 849 base #pairs           (B) TYPE: nucleic acid          (C) STRANDEDNESS: single           (D) TOPOLOGY: linear    (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: cDNA    (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:108:TGGATTCCGA TAGCGGTTTC GGCCCCTCGA CGGGCGACCA CGGCGCGCAG GC#CTCCGAAC     60GGGGGGCCGG GACGCTGGGA TTCGCCGGGA CCGCAACCAA AGAACGCCGG GT#CCGGGCGG    120TCGGGCTGAC CGCACTGGCC GGTGATGAGT TCGGCAACGG CCCCCGGATG CC#GATGGTGC    180CGGGGACCTG GGAGCAGGGC AGCAACGAGC CCGAGGCGCC CGACGGATCG GG#GAGAGGGG    240GAGGCGACGG CTTACCGCAC GACAGCAAGT AACCGAATTC CGAATCACGT GG#ACCCGTAC    300GGGTCGAAAG GAGAGATGTT ATGAGCCTTT TGGATGCTCA TATCCCACAG TT#GGTGGCCT    360CCCAGTCGGC GTTTGCCGCC AAGGCGGGGC TGATGCGGCA CACGATCGGT CA#GGCCGAGC    420AGGCGGCGAT GTCGGCTCAG GCGTTTCACC AGGGGGAGTC GTCGGCGGCG TT#TCAGGCCG    480CCCATGCCCG GTTTGTGGCG GCGGCCGCCA AAGTCAACAC CTTGTTGGAT GT#CGCGCAGG    540CGAATCTGGG TGAGGCCGCC GGTACCTATG TGGCCGCCGA TGCTGCGGCC GC#GTCGACCT    600ATACCGGGTT CTGATCGAAC CCTGCTGACC GAGAGGACTT GTGATGTCGC AA#ATCATGTA    660CAACTACCCC GCGATGTTGG GTCACGCCGG GGATATGGCC GGATATGCCG GC#ACGCTGCA    720GAGCTTGGGT GCCGAGATCG CCGTGGAGCA GGCCGCGTTG CAGAGTGCGT GG#CAGGGCGA    780TACCGGGATC ACGTATCAGG CGTGGCAGGC ACANTGGTAA CCANGCCANG GA#AGATTTGG    840 TGCGGGCCT                 #                  #                   #        849 (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:109:     (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:           (A) LENGTH: 97 amino #acids           (B) TYPE: amino acid           (C) STRANDEDNESS: single          (D) TOPOLOGY: linear     (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: protein    (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:109:Met Ser Leu Leu Asp Ala His Ile Pro Gln Le #u Val Ala Ser Gln Ser 1               5   #                10   #                15Ala Phe Ala Ala Lys Ala Gly Leu Met Arg Hi #s Thr Ile Gly Gln Ala            20       #            25       #            30Glu Gln Ala Ala Met Ser Ala Gln Ala Phe Hi #s Gln Gly Glu Ser Ser        35           #        40           #        45Ala Ala Phe Gln Ala Ala His Ala Arg Phe Va #l Ala Ala Ala Ala Lys    50               #    55               #    60Val Asn Thr Leu Leu Asp Val Ala Gln Ala As #n Leu Gly Glu Ala Ala65                   #70                   #75                   #80Gly Thr Tyr Val Ala Ala Asp Ala Ala Ala Al #a Ser Thr Tyr Thr Gly                85   #                90   #                95 Phe(2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:110:      (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:          (A) LENGTH: 15 amino  #acids           (B) TYPE: amino acid          (C) STRANDEDNESS: single           (D) TOPOLOGY: linear    (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: peptide    (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:110:Met Ser Leu Leu Asp Ala His Ile Pro Gln Le #u Val Ala Ser Gln 1               5   #                10   #                15(2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:111:      (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:          (A) LENGTH: 15 amino  #acids           (B) TYPE: amino acid          (C) STRANDEDNESS: single           (D) TOPOLOGY: linear    (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: peptide    (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:111:Ala His Ile Pro Gln Leu Val Ala Ser Gln Se #r Ala Phe Ala Ala 1               5   #                10   #                15(2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:112:      (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:          (A) LENGTH: 15 amino  #acids           (B) TYPE: amino acid          (C) STRANDEDNESS: single           (D) TOPOLOGY: linear    (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: peptide    (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:112:Leu Val Ala Ser Gln Ser Ala Phe Ala Ala Ly #s Ala Gly Leu Met 1               5   #                10   #                15(2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:113:      (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:          (A) LENGTH: 15 amino  #acids           (B) TYPE: amino acid          (C) STRANDEDNESS: single           (D) TOPOLOGY: linear    (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: peptide    (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:113:Ser Ala Phe Ala Ala Lys Ala Gly Leu Met Ar #g His Thr Ile Gly 1               5   #                10   #                15(2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:114:      (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:          (A) LENGTH: 15 amino  #acids           (B) TYPE: amino acid          (C) STRANDEDNESS: single           (D) TOPOLOGY: linear    (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: peptide    (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:114:Lys Ala Gly Leu Met Arg His Thr Ile Gly Gl #n Ala Glu Gln Ala 1               5   #                10   #                15(2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:115:      (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:          (A) LENGTH: 15 amino  #acids           (B) TYPE: amino acid          (C) STRANDEDNESS: single           (D) TOPOLOGY: linear    (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: peptide    (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:115:Arg His Thr Ile Gly Gln Ala Glu Gln Ala Al #a Met Ser Ala Gln 1               5   #                10   #                15(2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:116:      (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:          (A) LENGTH: 15 amino  #acids           (B) TYPE: amino acid          (C) STRANDEDNESS: single           (D) TOPOLOGY: linear    (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: peptide    (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:116:Gln Ala Glu Gln Ala Ala Met Ser Ala Gln Al #a Phe His Gln Gly 1               5   #                10   #                15(2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:117:      (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:          (A) LENGTH: 15 amino  #acids           (B) TYPE: amino acid          (C) STRANDEDNESS: single           (D) TOPOLOGY: linear    (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: peptide    (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:117:Ala Met Ser Ala Gln Ala Phe His Gln Gly Gl #u Ser Ser Ala Ala 1               5   #                10   #                15(2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:118:      (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:          (A) LENGTH: 15 amino  #acids           (B) TYPE: amino acid          (C) STRANDEDNESS: single           (D) TOPOLOGY: linear    (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: peptide    (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:118:Ala Phe His Gln Gly Glu Ser Ser Ala Ala Ph #e Gln Ala Ala His 1               5   #                10   #                15(2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:119:      (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:          (A) LENGTH: 15 amino  #acids           (B) TYPE: amino acid          (C) STRANDEDNESS: single           (D) TOPOLOGY: linear    (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: peptide    (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:119:Glu Ser Ser Ala Ala Phe Gln Ala Ala His Al #a Arg Phe Val Ala 1               5   #                10   #                15(2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:120:      (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:          (A) LENGTH: 15 amino  #acids           (B) TYPE: amino acid          (C) STRANDEDNESS: single           (D) TOPOLOGY: linear    (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: peptide    (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:120:Phe Gln Ala Ala His Ala Arg Phe Val Ala Al #a Ala Ala Lys Val 1               5   #                10   #                15(2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:121:      (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:          (A) LENGTH: 15 amino  #acids           (B) TYPE: amino acid          (C) STRANDEDNESS: single           (D) TOPOLOGY: linear    (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: peptide    (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:121:Ala Arg Phe Val Ala Ala Ala Ala Lys Val As #n Thr Leu Leu Asp 1               5   #                10   #                15(2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:122:      (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:          (A) LENGTH: 15 amino  #acids           (B) TYPE: amino acid          (C) STRANDEDNESS: single           (D) TOPOLOGY: linear    (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: peptide    (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:122:Ala Ala Ala Lys Val Asn Thr Leu Leu Asp Va #l Ala Gln Ala Asn 1               5   #                10   #                15(2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:123:      (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:          (A) LENGTH: 15 amino  #acids           (B) TYPE: amino acid          (C) STRANDEDNESS: single           (D) TOPOLOGY: linear    (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: peptide    (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:123:Asn Thr Leu Leu Asp Val Ala Gln Ala Asn Le #u Gly Glu Ala Ala 1               5   #                10   #                15(2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:124:      (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:          (A) LENGTH: 18 amino  #acids           (B) TYPE: amino acid          (C) STRANDEDNESS: single           (D) TOPOLOGY: linear    (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: peptide    (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:124:Val Ala Gln Ala Asn Leu Gly Glu Ala Ala Gl #y Thr Tyr Val Ala Ala 1               5   #                10   #                15 Asp Ala(2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:125:      (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:          (A) LENGTH: 1752 base  #pairs           (B) TYPE: nucleic acid          (C) STRANDEDNESS: single           (D) TOPOLOGY: linear    (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: cDNA    (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:125:CGGCACGAGA ATGTCGCCTG TGCCTCGATA GCCACTTGCG TGTGGTCGCG CT#GCCAGCGG     60GTCAGCCAGG TCGCCTGGTC CAGGCCATCG GGCCGGCGCA GGAGCGCGAT GT#TGGCCAGA    120CCCGGTGTAC GAGAACCGGA CTCGACNAAG TGTCGGCGCT GACGGCGGCT CA#GTTCGCGG    180CACACGCCCA GATCTATCAG GCCGTCAGCG CCCAGGCCGC GGCGATTCAC GA#GATGTTCG    240TCAACACTCT ACAGATNANC TCAGGGTCGT ATGCTGCTAC CGAGGCCGCC AA#CGCGGCCG    300CGGCCGGCTA GAGGAGTCAC TGCGATGGAT TTTGGGGCGT TGCCGCCGGA GG#TCAATTCG    360GTGCGGATGT ATGCCGGTCC TGGCTCGGCA CCAATGGTCG CTGCGGCGTC GG#CCTGGAAC    420GGGTTGGCCG CGGAGCTGAG TTCGGCGGCC ACCGGTTATG AGACGGTGAT CA#CTCAGCTC    480AGCAGTGAGG GGTGGCTAGG TCCGGCGTCA GCGGCGATGG CCGAGGCAGT TG#CGCCGTAT    540GTGGCGTGGA TGAGTGCCGC TGCGGCGCAA GCCGAGCAGG CGGCCACACA GG#CCAGGGCC    600GCCGCGGCCG CTTTTGAGGC GGCGTTTGCC GCGACGGTGC CTCCGCCGTT GA#TCGCGGCC    660AACCGGGCTT CGTTGATGCA GCTGATCTCG ACGAATGTCT TTGGTCAGAA CA#CCTCGGCG    720ATCGCGGCCG CCGAAGCTCA GTACGGCGAG ATGTGGGCCC AAGACTCCGC GG#CGATGTAT    780GCCTACGCGG GCAGTTCGGC GAGCGCCTCG GCGGTCACGC CGTTTAGCAC GC#CGCCGCAG    840ATTGCCAACC CGACCGCTCA GGGTACGCAG GCCGCGGCCG TGGCCACCGC CG#CCGGTACC    900GCCCAGTCGA CGCTGACGGA GATGATCACC GGGCTACCCA ACGCGCTGCA AA#GCCTCACC    960TCACNTCTGT TGCAGTCGTC TAACGGTCCG CTGTCGTGGC TGTGGCAGAT CT#TGTTCGGC   1020ACGCCCAATT TCCCCACCTC AATTTCGGCA CTGCTGACCG ACCTGCAGCC CT#ACGCGAGC   1080TTNTTNTATA ACACCGAGGG CCTGCCGTAC TTCAGCATCG GCATGGGCAA CA#ACTTCATT   1140CAGTCGGCCA AGACCCTGGG ATTGATCGGC TAGGCGGCAC CGGCTGCGGT CG#CGGCTGCT   1200GGGGATGCCG CCAAGGGCTT GCCTGGACTG GGCGGGATGC TCGGTGGCGG GC#CGGTGGCG   1260GCGGGTCTGG GCAATGCGGC TTCGGTTGGC AAGCTGTCGG TGCCGCCGGT GT#GGANTGGA   1320CCGTTGCCCG GGTCGGTGAC TCCGGGGGCT GCTCCGCTAC CGGTGAGTAC GG#TCAGTGCC   1380GCCCCGGAGG CGGCGCCCGG AAGCCTGTTG GGCGGCCTGC CGCTANCTGG TG#CGGGCGGG   1440GCCGGCGCGG GTCCACGCTA CGGATTCCRT CCCACCGTCA TGGCTCGCCC AC#CCTTCGMC   1500GGGATAGTCG CTGCCGCAAC GTATTAACGC GCCGGCCTCG GCTGGTGTGG TC#CGCTGCGG   1560GTGGCAATTG GTCNGCGCCG AAATCTCSGT GGGTTATTTR CGGTGGGATT TT#TTCCCGAA   1620GCCGGGTTCA RCACCGGATT TCCTAACGGT CCCGCKACTC TCGTGCCGAA TT#CSGCACTA   1680AGTGACGTCC GGCGGAAACC CGTTGGGTNT GAAAGCTTCA GAAAGGCCCG CT#CCCAGGGG   1740 TTCGGCAAAC GG               #                  #                   #     1752 (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:126:     (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:           (A) LENGTH: 400 amino #acids           (B) TYPE: amino acid           (C) STRANDEDNESS: single          (D) TOPOLOGY: linear     (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: protein    (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:126:Met Asp Phe Gly Ala Leu Pro Pro Glu Val As #n Ser Val Arg Met Tyr 1               5   #                10   #                15Ala Gly Pro Gly Ser Ala Pro Met Val Ala Al #a Ala Ser Ala Trp Asn            20       #            25       #            30Gly Leu Ala Ala Glu Leu Ser Ser Ala Ala Th #r Gly Tyr Glu Thr Val        35           #        40           #        45Ile Thr Gln Leu Ser Ser Glu Gly Trp Leu Gl #y Pro Ala Ser Ala Ala    50               #    55               #    60Met Ala Glu Ala Val Ala Pro Tyr Val Ala Tr #p Met Ser Ala Ala Ala65                   #70                   #75                   #80Ala Gln Ala Glu Gln Ala Ala Thr Gln Ala Ar #g Ala Ala Ala Ala Ala                85   #                90   #                95Phe Glu Ala Ala Phe Ala Ala Thr Val Pro Pr #o Pro Leu Ile Ala Ala            100       #           105       #           110Asn Arg Ala Ser Leu Met Gln Leu Ile Ser Th #r Asn Val Phe Gly Gln        115           #       120           #       125Asn Thr Ser Ala Ile Ala Ala Ala Glu Ala Gl #n Tyr Gly Glu Met Trp    130               #   135               #   140Ala Gln Asp Ser Ala Ala Met Tyr Ala Tyr Al #a Gly Ser Ser Ala Ser145                 1 #50                 1 #55                 1 #60Ala Ser Ala Val Thr Pro Phe Ser Thr Pro Pr #o Gln Ile Ala Asn Pro                165   #               170   #               175Thr Ala Gln Gly Thr Gln Ala Ala Ala Val Al #a Thr Ala Ala Gly Thr            180       #           185       #           190Ala Gln Ser Thr Leu Thr Glu Met Ile Thr Gl #y Leu Pro Asn Ala Leu        195           #       200           #       205Gln Ser Leu Thr Ser Xaa Leu Leu Gln Ser Se #r Asn Gly Pro Leu Ser    210               #   215               #   220Trp Leu Trp Gln Ile Leu Phe Gly Thr Pro As #n Phe Pro Thr Ser Ile225                 2 #30                 2 #35                 2 #40Ser Ala Leu Leu Thr Asp Leu Gln Pro Tyr Al #a Ser Xaa Xaa Tyr Asn                245   #               250   #               255Thr Glu Gly Leu Pro Tyr Phe Ser Ile Gly Me #t Gly Asn Asn Phe Ile            260       #           265       #           270Gln Ser Ala Lys Thr Leu Gly Leu Ile Gly Se #r Ala Ala Pro Ala Ala        275           #       280           #       285Val Ala Ala Ala Gly Asp Ala Ala Lys Gly Le #u Pro Gly Leu Gly Gly    290               #   295               #   300Met Leu Gly Gly Gly Pro Val Ala Ala Gly Le #u Gly Asn Ala Ala Ser305                 3 #10                 3 #15                 3 #20Val Gly Lys Leu Ser Val Pro Pro Val Trp Xa #a Gly Pro Leu Pro Gly                325   #               330   #               335Ser Val Thr Pro Gly Ala Ala Pro Leu Pro Va #l Ser Thr Val Ser Ala            340       #           345       #           350Ala Pro Glu Ala Ala Pro Gly Ser Leu Leu Gl #y Gly Leu Pro Leu Xaa        355           #       360           #       365Gly Ala Gly Gly Ala Gly Ala Gly Pro Arg Ty #r Gly Phe Xaa Pro Thr    370               #   375               #   380Val Met Ala Arg Pro Pro Phe Xaa Gly Ile Va #l Ala Ala Ala Thr Tyr385                 3 #90                 3 #95                 4 #00(2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:127:      (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:          (A) LENGTH: 474 base  #pairs           (B) TYPE: nucleic acid          (C) STRANDEDNESS: single           (D) TOPOLOGY: linear    (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: cDNA    (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:127:GGCACGAGCA CCAGTTGACC CGCGAAGAAC CTGACCGCGC CACCCAGCGC CG#CCCGCATC     60ACCGGCCCCG TCCCACGAAC CTTTTCGGTA AACGAGCCAC TCCAGCGGAG AT#CGGTACCG    120CCCGACGCAT TTGGTGTAAG GACCACCTCG CCGAAGTAGT CCTGGACGGG TG#TCCTCGCG    180CCAACCAGCT TGTAGACGTG GCGACGGTCC TGCTCATACT CGACGGTCTC TT#CCTGCACG    240AACACCGGCC ACATGCCTAG TTTGCGGATG GCCCCGATGC CGCCGGGCGC GG#GATCACCG    300CGTCGCGCCC AACTCGATTG AGCAACGATG GGCTTGGCCC AGGTCGCCCA GT#TGCCACCG    360TCTGTCACGA GCCGAAACAA GGTTGCAGCC GGCGCGCTGC TGGTCTTGGT GA#CCTCGAAC    420GAAAATTTCC GACCCGACAT GCGCGACTCC CGAAACGACA ACTGAAGCTC GT#GC          474 (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:128:     (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:           (A) LENGTH: 1431 base #pairs           (B) TYPE: nucleic acid          (C) STRANDEDNESS: single           (D) TOPOLOGY: linear    (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: cDNA    (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:128:CTGCGCGCCG GAAAAAANTA TTACTGGCAG GACCGGCAGA ATGCATGGTG AT#ATTCCGGT     60GATGAGGCCG CCGAGGAACC GACTAGTGCG AGGGTCAACA CATCGGTTAT TC#GTTGCCGT    120TTAGGTCTTG GATCTGCCGG GACGGCAACG AGTTGGCAGG ACCGCTCACG CG#AGCGCTGT    180TGACAGAGTC GGTTCACGTC GAACTCGCCA CCCGTCAGAT GCGAATGATA GC#CACATCGG    240CCACACCATC GACGGCGTCG AAGTCGCCGT CGTGGGTCAC GACCGGCACC CC#TTGCGACG    300TGGCAACGGC AGCGGCCCTC ACCGGACGGG ACCGAGATCG TCGGTGGTGT CG#CCAGTGAG    360CGTTGCGAGG TCGCGGGTGC AATCCCGCAT CTGCTTGCGT ATGCCGAAGC CG#CCGCAGCA    420GCTCGTCTCG ACTCAACCAT CGGCGCCGTG CGGGCTGCCT GCGGTCAGCA GC#GCAACGGG    480TTTGCCGTTG GCAGTGATGG TGATGTCTTC GCCGGCCTGC ACGCGCCGTA GC#AGCCCGGC    540GGTGTTGTTG CGCAGTTCGC GAGACGCGAC TTCAGCAGGC ATGCTGCGGG GA#TCGGCTTG    600CGCTGGGCGC GGTGTCACCG TCATGCGCTT GGGATATCAC GTGATCTATC GG#CACGAAGC    660CGCCGGATGA GCGAGGCAAA CCGCCTACAC GGGCTGCCTC GCCTTGACCG CG#CCGAACGT    720TACTGTGCCG GGGGCATCAG CACCGTATCG ATCATGTACA CCGTCGCGTG GG#CGGTGTGA    780CTCCGCCACA TACCAAACGG GCGTTGTTGA CCATGAGTCG TCGCGGGCGC CT#ATCACCGT    840CAGGTCGGCA CCTTGCAGGT CTGATGGGTG CCGTCGATCC TGCTCGGACT CG#CCTGGCCG    900GCTATCACGT GGTAGGTCAG GATGCTGCTG AGCAGCTTGG CGTCAGTCTT GA#GTTGATCG    960ATAGTGGCCG CCGGCAGCTT GTCGAATGCG GCGTTGGTGG GGGCGAAAAC GG#TGTACTCG   1020CCGCCGTTGA GGGTGTCGAC CAGATTCACA TCCGGGTTCA GCTTGCCCGA CA#GAGCCGAG   1080GTCAGGGTAC TGAGCATCGG GTTGTTGGAA GCCGCGGTAG CGACCGGGTC TT#GCGCCATT   1140CCGGCCACCG ATCCGGGACC GGTGGGATTT TGCGCCGCGT ATTGCGCGCA CC#CACGACCA   1200ATCAGGTCCG CTGCGGTCAG CCATTGCCGC CGTGGTAACG GGCGCCGCCG GG#CTGGTCGC   1260CGGTTTCGGG CTGGTGTCTT GCGACACGGG TTTGGTGCTC GAACAACCCG CT#AAGAACGC   1320AATCGCGATG GCTGCGAGGC TCGCTGCTGC GGCCGGTTTG GCCTGAACGT TG#ATCATCGC   1380TTCGATTCCT TTGCTTCTGC GGCGGCGTTG AACGCCGTCC TCCTGGGTGG A #           1431 (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:129:     (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:           (A) LENGTH: 279 base #pairs           (B) TYPE: nucleic acid          (C) STRANDEDNESS: single           (D) TOPOLOGY: linear    (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: cDNA    (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:129:GCACGAGAGT CGTATCTTTG CACCCAGCGC CCGTAGGAAA CCGCTGGCCT GG#CTAACTCA     60GATGCGGGCG GCCGTCGATT CGAGAGGTAA CCGATCGCCC GCCGACAATG GG#TTACCCAC    120CGAGACTGAT TGCCGCGCAG CCGCCTTCGA CGTGTAAGCG CCGGTTCGTG CA#TGCCCGGA    180ACGGCTGCAC TCACGGACCT TCTACGTAGT ACGTGACGGA CTTTTACGCA TT#ATCGCTGA    240 CGATCTTTGC CTCCCAGGAC TCCAGAATCT ACTCGTGCC      #                   #   279 (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:130:     (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:           (A) LENGTH: 1470 base #pairs           (B) TYPE: nucleic acid          (C) STRANDEDNESS: single           (D) TOPOLOGY: linear    (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: cDNA    (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:130:ACCGCCACCC GCAGCCCGGA ATCACCGTCG GTAACCTGCG AATACAATTT CT#TCATCGAC     60GACTTCGCGA ACAGCGAACC CGAGCCCACC GCCTGATAGC CTTCTTCCTC GA#TGTTCCAA    120CCGCCGGCGG CGTCGAACGA AACGATACGA CCCGCGCTCT GCGGGTCAGA CG#CATGAATG    180TCGTAGCCCG CCAGCAACGG CAACGCCAGC AGACCCTGCA TCGCGGCCGC CA#GATTGCCA    240CGCACCATAA TCGCCAGCCG GTTGATTTTG CCGGCAAACG TCAGCGGCAC AC#CCTCGAGC    300TTCTCGTAGT GCTCAAGTTC CACGGCATAC AGCCGGGCAA ACTCAACCGC GA#CCGCAGCC    360GTGCCAGCGA TGCCGGTAGC GGTGTAGTCA TCGGTGATAT ACACCTTGCG CA#CATCACGC    420CCAGAAATCA TGTTGCCCTG CGTCGAACGC CGGTCACCCG CCATGACAAC AC#CGCCGGGG    480TATTTCAGCG CGACAATGGT GGTGCCGTGC GGCAGTTGCG CATCGCCGCC TG#CGAGTGGC    540GCACCGCCGC TGATGCTTGC CGGCAGCAAC TCCGGCGCCT GGCGGCGCAG GA#AGTCAAGT    600GAAAGAAGAT AGGTCTACAG CGGGTGTTCC AGAGAGTGAA TTAATGGACA GG#CGATCGGG    660CAACGGCCAG GTCACTGTCC GCCCTTTTGG ACGTATGCGC GGACGAAGTC CT#CGGCGTTC    720TCCTCGAGGA CGTCGTCGAT TTCGTCGAGC AGATCGTCGG TCTCCTCGGT CA#GCTTTTCG    780CGACGCTCCT GGCCCGCGGC GGTGCTGCCG GCGATGTCGT CATCATCGCC GC#CGCCACCG    840CCACGCTTGG TCTGCTCTTG CGCCATCGCC GCCTCCTGCT TCCTCATGGC CT#TTCAAAAG    900GCCGCGGGTG CGCGTCACAC GCCCGCTGTC TTTCTCTCAC CTACCGGTCA AC#ACCAACGT    960TTCCCGGCCT AACCAGGCTT AGCGAGGCTC AGCGGTCAGT TGCTCTACCA GC#TCCACGGC   1020ACTGTCCACC GAATCCAGCA ACGCACCAAC ATGCGCCTTA CTACCCCGCA AC#GGCTCCAG   1080CGTCGGGATG CGAACCAGCG AGTCGCCGCC AGGTCGAAGA TCACCGAGTC CC#AGCTAGCC   1140GCGGCGATAT CAGCCCCGAA CCGGCGCAGG CATTTCGCCG CGGAAATACG CG#CGGGTGTC   1200GGTCGGCGGT TCTCCACCGC ACTCAGCACC TGGTGTTTCG GTGACTAAAC GC#TTTATCGA   1260GCCGCGCGCG ACCAGCCGGT TGTACAGGCC CTTGTCCAGC CGGACATCGG AG#TACTGCAG   1320GTTGACGAGG TGCAGCCGGG GCGCCGACCA GCTCAGGTTC TCCCGCTGCC GG#AAACCGTC   1380GAGCAGCCGC AGTTTGGCCG GCCAGTCCAG CAGCTCCGCG CAATCCATCG GG#TCACGCTC   1440 GAGCTGATCC AGCACGTGTG CCCAGGTTTC         #                   #         1470 (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:131:     (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:           (A) LENGTH: 1059 base #pairs           (B) TYPE: nucleic acid          (C) STRANDEDNESS: single           (D) TOPOLOGY: linear    (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: cDNA    (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:131:ATTCCCATCG CTCCGGCACC TATCACCAGG TAGTCGGTTT CGATGGTTTT CG#CCGGCCCT     60TGCGTTGGCC TGGGCCACGG GTCGTTCATG GGCCCTCCTG TGCGGATTGG AA#TTTGTGAC    120AACGAAATCG GGCGATCGGT GAGCAATCGT CGCCGATGCA AGACACGCTT TC#GCTGCCGC    180GGCGTCAGGT GGAGTTTAGG CCAGCGTAAC AACGTAGACC GGCCACTGAC CA#AACCCCAA    240ACCCACAAAC CCTGGACGCA TGCGGGTCTC GGGCGTCAAA TTCCGGGTAG AT#ATCGTATA    300CCGATATCGG ATGCCGTAGC CTTATCGAGG CATGAGACGC CCGCTAGACC CA#CGCGATAT    360TCCAGATGAG CTGCGGCGAC GGCTGGGGCT CTTGGATGCG GTGGTGATCG GG#CTTGGGTC    420CATGATCGGT GCCGGAATCT TTGCTCGTGC CGAATTCGGC ACGAGCTCGT GC#CGAATTCG    480GCACGAGATT CCAATCCCCA GAAGGTCGTA CAAGCCGTCA ATGGCACTTG AT#CGTTGGAT    540CGATGATGAA CGCTCTGCTC ATGCCTGCCG CCTATCTCAA CGGTCGTCGA TT#CCATGCAT    600TAGCCTTGGT TCTGCATTGC ACGCGTAGGG CCTACAGTCT GGCTGTCATG CT#TGGCCGAT    660GTCAACAGTT TTTTTCATGC TAAGCAGATC GTCAGTTTTG AGTTCGTGAA GA#CGGCATGT    720TCACTTGTTG TCGACTACAT CGTCTGCGCA CATTTGCCCT CCTGCAACTG CG#CTGCGACA    780ATGCGCCAAC CGCCGTGTAG CTCGTGCCGA ATTCGGCACG AGGATCCACC GG#AGATGGCC    840GACGACTACG ACGAGGCCTG GATGCTCAAC ACCGTGTTCG ACTATCACAA CG#AGAACGCA    900AAAGAAGAGG TCATCCATCT CGTGCCCGAC GTGAACAAGG AGAGGGGGCC CA#TCGAACTC    960GTAACCAAGG TAGACAAAGA GGGACATCAG ACTCGTCTAC GATGGGGAGC CA#CGTTTTCA   1020 TACAAGGAAC ATCCTAAGTT TTGATTCGGG AACATCCTA      #                   #  1059 (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:132:     (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:           (A) LENGTH: 153 base #pairs           (B) TYPE: nucleic acid          (C) STRANDEDNESS: single           (D) TOPOLOGY: linear    (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: cDNA    (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:132:GCACGAGGCA TTGGCGGGCA TCTGCATAAA CGGTGACGTA TCAGCACAAA AC#AGCGGAGA     60GAACAACATG CGATCAGAAC GTCTCCGGTG GCTGGTAGCC GCAGAAGGTC CG#TTCGCCTC    120 GGTGTATTTC GACGACTCGC ACGACTCGTG CCG       #                   #        153 (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:133:     (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:           (A) LENGTH: 387 base #pairs           (B) TYPE: nucleic acid          (C) STRANDEDNESS: single           (D) TOPOLOGY: linear    (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: cDNA    (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:133:CCGCGCGGTC GATCAGCGAG CCAGGCAAAA ACTCCGTCGA GCCCGAGTCG AT#GATGGTCA     60CCCGGCGCAG CATCTGGCGA ACGATCACCT CGATGTGCTT GTCGTGGATC GA#CACACCTT    120GGGCGCGGTA GACCTCCTGG ACCTCGCGAA CCAGGTGTAT CTGCACCTCG CG#GGGGCCCT    180GCACCCGCAG CACCTCATGC GGGTCGGCCG AGCCTTCCAT CAGCTGCTGG CC#CACCTCGA    240CGTGGTCGCC ATCGGAGAGC ACCCGTTCGG AACCGTCTTC GTGCTTGAAC AC#CCGCAGCC    300GCTGCCGCTT GGAGATCTTG TCGTAGACCA CTTCCTCACC GCCGTCGTCA GG#AACGATGG    360 TGATCTTGTA GAACCGCTCG CCGTCCT          #                   #            387 (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:134:     (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:           (A) LENGTH: 389 base #pairs           (B) TYPE: nucleic acid          (C) STRANDEDNESS: single           (D) TOPOLOGY: linear    (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: cDNA    (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:134:GTTCAGCACG GCTATCCGAT TGTGCCGTTC GCTTCGGTGG GTGCTGAACA CG#GCATCGAC     60ATCGTGCTCG ACAACGAATC CCCACTGCTG GCACCGGTCC AGTTCCTCGC CG#AGAAGCTG    120CTCGGCACCA AAGACGGTCC GGCGCTGGTC CGTGGTGTCG GACTGACACC GG#TACCGCGC    180CCCGAACGGC AGTATTACTG GTTCGGCGAG CCAACCGACA CCACAGAGTT TA#TGGGGCAG    240CAAGCCGACG ATAACGCCGC ACGCAGGGTG CGCGAGCGTG CCGCCGCCGC TA#TCGAACAC    300GGCATCGAGC TGATGCTGGC CGAGCGCGCA GCCGATCCAA ATCGATCCCT GG#TCGGACGG    360 CTCTTGCGCT CGGACGCCTA AGGCGCCCC         #                   #           389 (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:135:     (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:           (A) LENGTH: 480 base #pairs           (B) TYPE: nucleic acid          (C) STRANDEDNESS: single           (D) TOPOLOGY: linear    (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: cDNA    (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:135:CCCGCGGTCG GAATGATCCC CGTCTCGTCG CGCGCCCATT TGATGCTGTT GA#TGAGCTGT     60TTGGAGAAGC CCGGTTGGCG TACCGGTGAG CCGGAATATC TGTTGGAAGC GT#CACCGGAT    120GTNCACATGA ANTNCNTTGN CCCNGTNGCG GTNTTGGNTG NGGNAAACAC GT#GTTGTNTA    180AGCCTTGNTG GNCTCGNAAG NGCCGTNGAC GCCTGTGTCG CCGAAGATAA TG#AGCACCTG    240ACGGTTGGCG GGATCGCCGT TATCCCAAGG AATTCCGAGG TCGGTCCCGG AG#ATGCCGAA    300GCGTTCCAGG GTCTTGTTGG GGCTGTCCGG TCCGGTCACC CACTCGGCGA GG#GATGTGGN    360AGCCCCGGCG AGCGTGGCAC CAGGATCCGG CGCCGCCGCC GGAGCAGGGT CG#GNNGCTGN    420NCTGNNTTCC TNNNGCCNAA TTNNACTCCN NCNACAANCT TGNNNCCGAC TC#NNACCCGN    480 (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:136:     (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:           (A) LENGTH: 587 base #pairs           (B) TYPE: nucleic acid          (C) STRANDEDNESS: single           (D) TOPOLOGY: linear    (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: cDNA    (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:136:GCACGAGGCT ACCGGCGCGT CGCCCGCCAT GCCCTGGATG CACGCGTAGC CA#CCCGTNCA     60TNCAGCGGGT CAGCCGCCGC GTCCGGGCTT AACGCTATAG CAGCTGCAAA CA#ACCCAGCG    120CCGGCAATTA CTTTGATGTT GAACCGATGA CCATNGCCTN CGNGTNCAAT CT#CNTCTCTT    180NGCGCGCCNC TATTTNNGCC ATANATTTGG TTNNANNCGN AACGCTAGAC GT#ATCGAGTT    240CCTTTTCGAC CACCGGCTCA ATTGTCAGCA TCCTATGGGG AACATGAGCC CC#GCCGCACC    300GGGCCGTTTC CAAATGGTGA CGTCACAACG GTGTCACAAG CCAGCGCAAT GT#CCGCGGTA    360GGGACGCGGC GGCTGGGATC GGTGGGGTGA GCGCCCGGCT TCTCAAAGCG AG#GGGAGCCC    420CGGGACTCTT ACCGGCCGAA GGCGGCGGGT GTCACTGATC TAGGCTGACG GC#CAGTGGTT    480GNTNAGCCAA CAAGGATGAC NACAAATAAN CCGAGGANAG ACANGNGACG GN#CCGANANG    540 CTNANCCGGN NTTGNNCNAA NNNNACNCAC TTNTACCGNN CTTATGN   #               587 (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:137:     (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:           (A) LENGTH: 1200 base #pairs           (B) TYPE: nucleic acid          (C) STRANDEDNESS: single           (D) TOPOLOGY: linear    (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: cDNA    (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:137:CAGGCATGAG CAGAGCGTTC ATCATCGATC CAACGATCAG TGCCATTGAC GG#CTTGTACG     60ACCTTCTGGG GATTGGAATA CCCAACCAAG GGGGTATCCT TTACTCCTCA CT#AGAGTACT    120TCGAAAAAGC CCTGGAGGAG CTGGCAGCAG CGTTTCCGGG TGATGGCTGG TT#AGGTTCGG    180CCGCGGACAA ATACGCCGGC AAAAACCGCA ACCACGTGAA TTTTTTCCAG GA#ACTGGCAG    240ACCTCGATCG TCAGCTCATC AGCCTGATCC ACGACCAGGC CAACGCGGTC CA#GACGACCC    300GCGACATCCT GGAGGGCGCC AAGAAAGGTC TCGAGTTCGT GCGCCCGGTG GC#TGTGGACC    360TGACCTACAT CCCGGTCGTC GGGCACGCCC TATCGGCCGC CTTCCAGGCG CC#GTTTTGCG    420CGGGCGCGAT GGCCGTAGTG GGCGGCGCGC TTGCCTACTT GGTCGTGAAA AC#GCTGATCA    480ACGCGACTCA ACTCCTCAAA TTGCTTGCCA AATTGGCGGA GTTGGTCGCG GC#CGCCATTG    540CGGACATCAT TTCGGATGTG GCGGACATCA TCAAGGGCAC CCTCGGAGAA GT#GTGGGAGT    600TCATCACAAA CGCGCTCAAC GGCCTGAAAG AGCTTTGGGA CAAGCTCACG GG#GTGGGTGA    660CCGGACTGTT CTCTCGAGGG TGGTCGAACC TGGAGTCCTT CTTTGCGGGC GT#CCCCGGCT    720TGACCGGCGC GACCAGCGGC TTGTCGCAAG TGACTGGCTT GTTCGGTGCG GC#CGGTCTGT    780CCGCATCGTC GGGCTTGGCT CACGCGGATA GCCTGGCGAG CTCAGCCAGC TT#GCCCGCCC    840TGGCCGGCAT TGGGGGCGGG TCCGGTTTTG GGGGCTTGCC GAGCCTGGCT CA#GGTCCATG    900CCGCCTCAAC TCGGCAGGCG CTACGGCCCC GAGCTGATGG CCCGGTCGGC GC#CGCTGCCG    960AGCAGGTCGG CGGGCAGTCG CAGCTGGTCT CCGCGCAGGG TTCCCAAGGT AT#GGGCGGAC   1020CCGTAGGCAT GGGCGGCATG CACCCCTCTT CGGGGGCGTC GAAAGGGACG AC#GACGAAGA   1080AGTACTCGGA AGGCGCGGCG GCGGGCACTG AAGACGCCGA GCGCGCGCCA GT#CGAAGCTG   1140ACGCGGGCGG TGGGCAAAAG GTGCTGGTAC GAAACGTCGT CTAACGGCAT GG#CGAGCCAA   1200 (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:138:     (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:           (A) LENGTH: 392 amino #acids           (B) TYPE: amino acid           (C) STRANDEDNESS: single          (D) TOPOLOGY: linear     (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: protein    (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:138:Met Ser Arg Ala Phe Ile Ile Asp Pro Thr Il #e Ser Ala Ile Asp Gly 1               5   #                10   #                15Leu Tyr Asp Leu Leu Gly Ile Gly Ile Pro As #n Gln Gly Gly Ile Leu            20       #            25       #            30Tyr Ser Ser Leu Glu Tyr Phe Glu Lys Ala Le #u Glu Glu Leu Ala Ala        35           #        40           #        45Ala Phe Pro Gly Asp Gly Trp Leu Gly Ser Al #a Ala Asp Lys Tyr Ala    50               #    55               #    60Gly Lys Asn Arg Asn His Val Asn Phe Phe Gl #n Glu Leu Ala Asp Leu65                   #70                   #75                   #80Asp Arg Gln Leu Ile Ser Leu Ile His Asp Gl #n Ala Asn Ala Val Gln                85   #                90   #                95Thr Thr Arg Asp Ile Leu Glu Gly Ala Lys Ly #s Gly Leu Glu Phe Val            100       #           105       #           110Arg Pro Val Ala Val Asp Leu Thr Tyr Ile Pr #o Val Val Gly His Ala        115           #       120           #       125Leu Ser Ala Ala Phe Gln Ala Pro Phe Cys Al #a Gly Ala Met Ala Val    130               #   135               #   140Val Gly Gly Ala Leu Ala Tyr Leu Val Val Ly #s Thr Leu Ile Asn Ala145                 1 #50                 1 #55                 1 #60Thr Gln Leu Leu Lys Leu Leu Ala Lys Leu Al #a Glu Leu Val Ala Ala                165   #               170   #               175Ala Ile Ala Asp Ile Ile Ser Asp Val Ala As #p Ile Ile Lys Gly Thr            180       #           185       #           190Leu Gly Glu Val Trp Glu Phe Ile Thr Asn Al #a Leu Asn Gly Leu Lys        195           #       200           #       205Glu Leu Trp Asp Lys Leu Thr Gly Trp Val Th #r Gly Leu Phe Ser Arg    210               #   215               #   220Gly Trp Ser Asn Leu Glu Ser Phe Phe Ala Gl #y Val Pro Gly Leu Thr225                 2 #30                 2 #35                 2 #40Gly Ala Thr Ser Gly Leu Ser Gln Val Thr Gl #y Leu Phe Gly Ala Ala                245   #               250   #               255Gly Leu Ser Ala Ser Ser Gly Leu Ala His Al #a Asp Ser Leu Ala Ser            260       #           265       #           270Ser Ala Ser Leu Pro Ala Leu Ala Gly Ile Gl #y Gly Gly Ser Gly Phe        275           #       280           #       285Gly Gly Leu Pro Ser Leu Ala Gln Val His Al #a Ala Ser Thr Arg Gln    290               #   295               #   300Ala Leu Arg Pro Arg Ala Asp Gly Pro Val Gl #y Ala Ala Ala Glu Gln305                 3 #10                 3 #15                 3 #20Val Gly Gly Gln Ser Gln Leu Val Ser Ala Gl #n Gly Ser Gln Gly Met                325   #               330   #               335Gly Gly Pro Val Gly Met Gly Gly Met His Pr #o Ser Ser Gly Ala Ser            340       #           345       #           350Lys Gly Thr Thr Thr Lys Lys Tyr Ser Glu Gl #y Ala Ala Ala Gly Thr        355           #       360           #       365Glu Asp Ala Glu Arg Ala Pro Val Glu Ala As #p Ala Gly Gly Gly Gln    370               #   375               #   380Lys Val Leu Val Arg Asn Val Val 385                 3 #90(2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:139:      (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:          (A) LENGTH: 439 base  #pairs           (B) TYPE: nucleic acid          (C) STRANDEDNESS: single           (D) TOPOLOGY: linear    (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: cDNA    (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:139:ACGTTTACCC ATGCCGTCGG TGCAGAGCAA CGCCAGACAA CACAAAGTAG TC#TAATTCCG     60TTATAAAGCA GACATTTCCG TGGTTATGTA GAAGATGTCG ACCGATCAGA TG#AAGCGATC    120CGCGTCAGGT GGTATCCGAT GTCTTTTGTG ACCATCCAGC CGGTGGTCTT GG#CAGCCGCG    180ACGGGGGACT TGCCGACGAT CGGTACCGCC GTGAGTGCTC GGAACACAGC CG#TCTGTGCC    240CCGACGACGG GGGTGTTACC CCCTGCTGCC AATGACGTGT CGGTCCTGAC GG#CGGCCCGG    300TTCACCGCGC ACACCAAGCA CTACCGAGTG GTGAGTAAGC CGGCCGCGCT GG#TCCATGGC    360ATGTTCGTGG CCCTCCCGGC GGCCACCGCC GATGCGTATG CGACCACCGA GG#CCGTCAAT    420 GTGGTCGCGA CCGGTTAAG              #                  #                   #439 (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:140:     (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:           (A) LENGTH: 1441 base #pairs           (B) TYPE: nucleic acid          (C) STRANDEDNESS: single           (D) TOPOLOGY: linear    (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: cDNA    (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:140:GAGGTTGCTG GCAATGGATT TCGGGCTTTT ACCTCCGGAA GTGAATTCAA GC#CGAATGTA     60TTCCGGTCCG GGGCCGGAGT CGATGCTAGC CGCCGCGGCC GCCTGGGACG GT#GTGGCCGC    120GGAGTTGACT TCCGCCGCGG TCTCGTATGG ATCGGTGGTG TCGACGCTGA TC#GTTGAGCC    180GTGGATGGGG CCGGCGGCGG CCGCGATGGC GGCCGCGGCA ACGCCGTATG TG#GGGTGGCT    240GGCCGCCACG GCGGCGCTGG CGAAGGAGAC GGCCACACAG GCGAGGGCAG CG#GCGGAAGC    300GTTTGGGACG GCGTTCGCGA TGACGGTGCC ACCATCCCTC GTCGCGGCCA AC#CGCAGCCG    360GTTGATGTCG CTGGTCGCGG CGAACATTCT GGGGCAAAAC AGTGCGGCGA TC#GCGGCTAC    420CCAGGCCGAG TATGCCGAAA TGTGGGCCCA AGACGCTGCC GTGATGTACA GC#TATGAGGG    480GGCATCTGCG GCCGCGTCGG CGTTGCCGCC GTTCACTCCA CCCGTGCAAG GC#ACCGGCCC    540GGCCGGGCCC GCGGCCGCAG CCGCGGCGAC CCAAGCCGCC GGTGCGGGCG CC#GTTGCGGA    600TGCACAGGCG ACACTGGCCC AGCTGCCCCC GGGGATCCTG AGCGACATTC TG#TCCGCATT    660GGCCGCCAAC GCTGATCCGC TGACATCGGG ACTGTTGGGG ATCGCGTCGA CC#CTCAACCC    720GCAAGTCGGA TCCGCTCAGC CGATAGTGAT CCCCACCCCG ATAGGGGAAT TG#GACGTGAT    780CGCGCTCTAC ATTGCATCCA TCGCGACCGG CAGCATTGCG CTCGCGATCA CG#AACACGGC    840CAGACCCTGG CACATCGGCC TATACGGGAA CGCCGGCGGG CTGGGACCGA CG#CAGGGCCA    900TCCACTGAGT TCGGCGACCG ACGAGCCGGA GCCGCACTGG GGCCCCTTCG GG#GGCGCGGC    960GCCGGTGTCC GCGGGCGTCG GCCACGCAGC ATTAGTCGGA GCGTTGTCGG TG#CCGCACAG   1020CTGGACCACG GCCGCCCCGG AGATCCAGCT CGCCGTTCAG GCAACACCCA CC#TTCAGCTC   1080CAGCGCCGGC GCCGACCCGA CGGCCCTAAA CGGGATGCCG GCAGGCCTGC TC#AGCGGGAT   1140GGCTTTGGCG AGCCTGGCCG CACGCGGCAC GACGGGCGGT GGCGGCACCC GT#AGCGGCAC   1200CAGCACTGAC GGCCAAGAGG ACGGCCGCAA ACCCCCGGTA GTTGTGATTA GA#GAGCAGCC   1260GCCGCCCGGA AACCCCCCGC GGTAAAAGTC CGGCAACCGT TCGTCGCCGC GC#GGAAAATG   1320CCTGGTGAGC GTGGCTATCC GACGGGCCGT TCACACCGCT TGTAGTAGCG TA#CGGCTATG   1380GACGACGGTG TCTGGATTCT CGGCGGCTAT CAGAGCGATT TTGCTCGCAA CC#TCAGCAAA   1440 G                   #                  #                   #             1441(2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:141:      (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:          (A) LENGTH: 99 amino  #acids           (B) TYPE: amino acid          (C) STRANDEDNESS: single           (D) TOPOLOGY: linear    (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: protein    (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:141:Met Ser Phe Val Thr Ile Gln Pro Val Val Le #u Ala Ala Ala Thr Gly 1               5   #                10   #                15Asp Leu Pro Thr Ile Gly Thr Ala Val Ser Al #a Arg Asn Thr Ala Val            20       #            25       #            30Cys Ala Pro Thr Thr Gly Val Leu Pro Pro Al #a Ala Asn Asp Val Ser        35           #        40           #        45Val Leu Thr Ala Ala Arg Phe Thr Ala His Th #r Lys His Tyr Arg Val    50               #    55               #    60Val Ser Lys Pro Ala Ala Leu Val His Gly Me #t Phe Val Ala Leu Pro65                   #70                   #75                   #80Ala Ala Thr Ala Asp Ala Tyr Ala Thr Thr Gl #u Ala Val Asn Val Val                85   #                90   #                95Ala Thr Gly (2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:142:     (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:           (A) LENGTH: 423 amino #acids           (B) TYPE: amino acid           (C) STRANDEDNESS: single          (D) TOPOLOGY: linear     (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: protein    (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:142:Met Asp Phe Gly Leu Leu Pro Pro Glu Val As #n Ser Ser Arg Met Tyr 1               5   #                10   #                15Ser Gly Pro Gly Pro Glu Ser Met Leu Ala Al #a Ala Ala Ala Trp Asp            20       #            25       #            30Gly Val Ala Ala Glu Leu Thr Ser Ala Ala Va #l Ser Tyr Gly Ser Val        35           #        40           #        45Val Ser Thr Leu Ile Val Glu Pro Trp Met Gl #y Pro Ala Ala Ala Ala    50               #    55               #    60Met Ala Ala Ala Ala Thr Pro Tyr Val Gly Tr #p Leu Ala Ala Thr Ala65                   #70                   #75                   #80Ala Leu Ala Lys Glu Thr Ala Thr Gln Ala Ar #g Ala Ala Ala Glu Ala                85   #                90   #                95Phe Gly Thr Ala Phe Ala Met Thr Val Pro Pr #o Ser Leu Val Ala Ala            100       #           105       #           110Asn Arg Ser Arg Leu Met Ser Leu Val Ala Al #a Asn Ile Leu Gly Gln        115           #       120           #       125Asn Ser Ala Ala Ile Ala Ala Thr Gln Ala Gl #u Tyr Ala Glu Met Trp    130               #   135               #   140Ala Gln Asp Ala Ala Val Met Tyr Ser Tyr Gl #u Gly Ala Ser Ala Ala145                 1 #50                 1 #55                 1 #60Ala Ser Ala Leu Pro Pro Phe Thr Pro Pro Va #l Gln Gly Thr Gly Pro                165   #               170   #               175Ala Gly Pro Ala Ala Ala Ala Ala Ala Thr Gl #n Ala Ala Gly Ala Gly            180       #           185       #           190Ala Val Ala Asp Ala Gln Ala Thr Leu Ala Gl #n Leu Pro Pro Gly Ile        195           #       200           #       205Leu Ser Asp Ile Leu Ser Ala Leu Ala Ala As #n Ala Asp Pro Leu Thr    210               #   215               #   220Ser Gly Leu Leu Gly Ile Ala Ser Thr Leu As #n Pro Gln Val Gly Ser225                 2 #30                 2 #35                 2 #40Ala Gln Pro Ile Val Ile Pro Thr Pro Ile Gl #y Glu Leu Asp Val Ile                245   #               250   #               255Ala Leu Tyr Ile Ala Ser Ile Ala Thr Gly Se #r Ile Ala Leu Ala Ile            260       #           265       #           270Thr Asn Thr Ala Arg Pro Trp His Ile Gly Le #u Tyr Gly Asn Ala Gly        275           #       280           #       285Gly Leu Gly Pro Thr Gln Gly His Pro Leu Se #r Ser Ala Thr Asp Glu    290               #   295               #   300Pro Glu Pro His Trp Gly Pro Phe Gly Gly Al #a Ala Pro Val Ser Ala305                 3 #10                 3 #15                 3 #20Gly Val Gly His Ala Ala Leu Val Gly Ala Le #u Ser Val Pro His Ser                325   #               330   #               335Trp Thr Thr Ala Ala Pro Glu Ile Gln Leu Al #a Val Gln Ala Thr Pro            340       #           345       #           350Thr Phe Ser Ser Ser Ala Gly Ala Asp Pro Th #r Ala Leu Asn Gly Met        355           #       360           #       365Pro Ala Gly Leu Leu Ser Gly Met Ala Leu Al #a Ser Leu Ala Ala Arg    370               #   375               #   380Gly Thr Thr Gly Gly Gly Gly Thr Arg Ser Gl #y Thr Ser Thr Asp Gly385                 3 #90                 3 #95                 4 #00Gln Glu Asp Gly Arg Lys Pro Pro Val Val Va #l Ile Arg Glu Gln Pro                405   #               410   #               415Pro Pro Gly Asn Pro Pro Arg             420(2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:143:      (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:          (A) LENGTH: 97 amino  #acids           (B) TYPE: amino acid          (C) STRANDEDNESS: single           (D) TOPOLOGY: linear    (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: protein    (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:143:Met Ser Leu Leu Asp Ala His Ile Pro Gln Le #u Val Ala Ser Gln Ser 1               5   #                10   #                15Ala Phe Ala Ala Lys Ala Gly Leu Met Arg Hi #s Thr Ile Gly Gln Ala            20       #            25       #            30Glu Gln Ala Ala Met Ser Ala Gln Ala Phe Hi #s Gln Gly Glu Ser Ser        35           #        40           #        45Ala Ala Phe Gln Ala Ala His Ala Arg Phe Va #l Ala Ala Ala Ala Lys    50               #    55               #    60Val Asn Thr Leu Leu Asp Val Ala Gln Ala As #n Leu Gly Glu Ala Ala65                   #70                   #75                   #80Gly Thr Tyr Val Ala Ala Asp Ala Ala Ala Al #a Ser Thr Tyr Thr Gly                85   #                90   #                95 Phe(2) INFORMATION FOR SEQ ID NO:144:      (i) SEQUENCE CHARACTERISTICS:          (A) LENGTH: 99 amino  #acids           (B) TYPE: amino acid          (C) STRANDEDNESS: single           (D) TOPOLOGY: linear    (ii) MOLECULE TYPE: protein    (xi) SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION: SEQ ID NO:144:Cys Arg Leu Cys Leu Asp Ser His Leu Arg Va #l Val Ala Leu Pro Ala 1               5   #                10   #                15Gly Gln Pro Gly Arg Leu Val Gln Ala Ile Gl #y Pro Ala Gln Glu Arg            20       #            25       #            30Asp Val Gly Gln Thr Arg Cys Thr Arg Thr Gl #y Leu Asp Xaa Val Ser        35           #        40           #        45Ala Leu Thr Ala Ala Gln Phe Ala Ala His Al #a Gln Ile Tyr Gln Ala    50               #    55               #    60Val Ser Ala Gln Ala Ala Ala Ile His Glu Me #t Phe Val Asn Thr Leu65                   #70                   #75                   #80Gln Xaa Xaa Ser Gly Ser Tyr Ala Ala Thr Gl #u Ala Ala Asn Ala Ala                85   #                90   #                95Ala Ala Gly

What is claimed is:
 1. An isolated polypeptide comprising the amino acidsequence as set forth in SEQ ID NOs:126 or
 142. 2. The polypeptide ofclaim 1, which is a soluble peptide.
 3. The polypeptide of claim 1,which is produced by a recombinant DNA method.
 4. The polypeptide ofclaim 1, which is produced by a chemical synthetic method.
 5. Thepolypeptide of claim 1, which is purified from a cell source or culturesupernatant.
 6. The polypeptide of claim 1, which reacts with anantibody-containing biological sample.
 7. The polypeptide of claim 1,which is a Mycobacterium tuberculosis antigen.
 8. The polypeptide ofclaim 1, which is fused with a second heterologous polypeptide.
 9. Anisolated polypeptide from Mycobacterium tuberculosis encoded by apolynucleotide that hybridizes under moderately stringent conditions toa second polynucleotide that is complementary to the nucleotide sequenceof SEQ ID NOs:125 or 140, wherein said moderately stringent conditionscomprise prewashing in a solution of 5×SSC, 0.5% SDS, 1.0 mM EDTA (pH8.0); hybridizing at 50-65° C. overnight in a solution comprising 5×SSC;and washing twice at 65° C. for 20 minutes with each of 2×, 0.5×, and0.2×SSC containing 0.1% SDS.
 10. The polypeptide of claim 9, encoded bya nucleic acid comprising nucleotide sequence of SEQ ID NOs:125 or 140.11. The polypeptide of claim 9, comprising the amino acid sequence ofSEQ ID NOs:126 or
 142. 12. A composition comprising: (a) an isolatedpolypeptide of claim 9, and (b) a physiologically acceptable carrier.13. The composition of claim 12, further comprising an adjuvant.